M26233: "The smell of my writing paper puts me in mind of the woodshavings in my grandfather's coffin"
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M26233
- People
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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
- 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
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- 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
- Permissions
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