Harvard Art Museums > 2003.267: The Wracked Child Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Wracked Child (Alfonso Ossorio) , 2003.267,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/58253. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.267 People Alfonso Ossorio, American (Manila, The Philippines 1916 - 1990 East Hampton, NY) Title The Wracked Child Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1949 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/58253 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor, black ink, pastel, crayon, and wax on blue wove paper, faded to white Technique Wax resist Dimensions 46.8 x 57.4 cm (18 7/16 x 22 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: back of frame, paper and black ink, printed and inscribed: THE CREEKS EAST HAMPTON NEW YORK / Mail: Box 70 Wainscott N.Y. 11975 / [in black ink:] "Wracked Child" Ossorio 1949 / Love to Siena & Eric / Dec. 1st 1986. On small label taped to this label, black ink: 1372 / D [Frederic Ossorio's catalogue number] inscription: verso, center, black ink, inscribed, in artist's hand: Alfonso Ossorio '49 inscription: verso, bottom center, graphite: 1 [encircled] inscription: verso, top center, graphite, inscribed: [directional arrow] watermark: lower left: C. WILMOT Provenance Recorded Ownership History Alfonso Ossorio, East Hampton, New York, sold; to Frederic and Siena Ossorio, Boulder, Colorado, 1986, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Frederic and Siena Ossorio Copyright © Robert U. Ossorio Foundation Accession Year 2003 Object Number 2003.267 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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by Alfonso Ossorio" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2004), Unpublished, pp. 1-19 passim Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), endnote 7 on p. 47 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
