Christ in Limbo | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2004.21
People: Alfonso Ossorio, American (Manila, The Philippines 1916 - 1990 East Hampton, NY)
Title: Christ in Limbo
Other Titles: Alternate Title: The Harrowing of Hell
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1950
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/58247

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor, black ink, and wax on white wove paper

Technique

Wax resist

Dimensions

28.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso: upper left, graphite, inscribed: 3 [encircled]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Alfonso Ossorio, East Hampton, New York, sold; to Frederic Ossorio, Boulder, Colorado, 1964, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Frederic and Siena Ossorio
Accession Year: 2004
Object Number: 2004.21
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Scott Homolka, "Horror Vacui and the Process of Expression: A Technical Explanation of Drawings by Alfonso Ossorio" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2004), Unpublished, pp. 1-19 passim

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