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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.90.7
People
Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title
Head of a Belgian Soldier
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1914
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54724

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, black ink and black and white chalk on brown wove paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 28.9 cm (10 13/16 x 11 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 21 x 14 3/4
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 67 [encircled]
  • label: from removed backing board: The Fine Art Society PLC / 148 New Bond Street London W1S 2JT / June 2001 17280 / Walter Richard Sickert RA / 1860-1942 / Head of a Belgian Soldier
  • label: from removed backing board: The Reid Gallery / 23, Cork Street, London, W.1. / B.1. / "Head of a Soldier" / by W. R. Sickert / Specialists in 19th and 20th Century Drawings

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[The Reid Gallery, London]. Tania Butler, sold May 20, 1999; to [The Fine Art Society, London] sold; to Patricia Cornwell, June 2001, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2009

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Copyright
© Estate of Walter Richard Sickert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.90.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Wendy Baron, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), no. 446.1

Verification Level

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