2002.225: "Many are the Links..." from Robert Hooke [Text]
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.225
- People
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Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
- Title
- "Many are the Links..." from Robert Hooke [Text]
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 20th century
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/95203
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white wove paper (two sheets taped together)
- Dimensions
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23 x 244 cm (9 1/16 x 96 1/16 in.)
right sheet: 23 x 89 cm (9 1/16 x 35 1/16 in.)
left sheet: 23 x 154.5 cm (9 1/16 x 60 13/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right, graphite, in artist's hand: arithmetical calculations
- inscription: verso, u.r., graphite: LETTERING
- inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: "SO MANY ARE--" / ROBERT HOOKE / QUOTATION
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores S. Taller
- Copyright
- © Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.225
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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