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Identification and Creation

Object Number
CW2001.786.40
People
Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Continuation of "The Tribe Knows" and draft of poem "Keeping off the Flies"; verso: continuation of "Keeping off the Flies"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
11/27/1975
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/71558

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on white wove paper with perforations; verso: same
Dimensions
20.8 x 14.5 cm (8 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Christopher Wilmarth Archive, Gift of Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau
Copyright
© Estate of Christopher Wilmarth
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
CW2001.786.40
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Page 40 of sketchbook:
Last three lines of poem/lyrics from previous page, "The Tribe Knows." Then the poem "Keeping off the Flies," subtitled in graphite in parentheses (poem to middlemen). On verso: last lines of "Keeping off the Flies."

Subjects and Contexts

  • Wilmarth

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