2004.21: Christ in Limbo
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2004.21
- People
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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
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- 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
- Copyright
- © Robert U. Ossorio Foundation
- Accession Year
- 2004
- Object Number
- 2004.21
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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by Alfonso Ossorio" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2004), Unpublished, pp. 1-19 passim
Verification Level
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