Confidences, or, The Embrace | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2009.90.6
People: Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title: Confidences, or, The Embrace
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1907-1908
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/54726

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk on mauve wove paper, discolored, graphite framing lines

Dimensions

24.6 x 35.2 cm (9 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

label: from removed backing board: The Fine Art Society PLC / 148 New Bond Street London W1S 2JT / June 2001 18994 / Walter Richard Sickert RA / 1860-1942 / Confidences, or, The Embrace

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Leicester Galleries, London, 1932]. E. R. Murray. [Sotheby's, London, 18 April 1984, lot 190, repr.]. [Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2000, lot 61, repr.]. [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
Accession Year: 2009
Object Number: 2009.90.6
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. 344.3, repr.

Verification Level

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