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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26233
People
Tess Jaray, British (Vienna, Austria born 1937)
Title
"The smell of my writing paper puts me in mind of the woodshavings in my grandfather's coffin"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: For Years Now, by W. G. Sebald
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
2001
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/55847

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
sheet: 19.6 x 15.1 cm (7 11/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Tess Jaray
  • inscription: yes, lower edge of sheet, graphite, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: edition numbering, signature, date: 14/50 Tess Jaray 2001

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Purdy/Hicks Gallery, Ltd., London, England], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, October 27, 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, George R. Nutter Fund
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26233
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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