CW2001.1939: Ten sketches for sculpture gardens

Identification and Creation

Object Number

CW2001.1939

People

Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)

Title

Ten sketches for sculpture gardens

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook

Date

20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/95262

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and black ink on cream wove paper

Dimensions

27.8 x 21.5 cm (10 15/16 x 8 7/16 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

CW2001.1939

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

One manila folder labeled "sculpture gardens" in Wilmarth's hand and ten loose sheets as follows (dates unknown):
1) Aerial (?) sketch in graphite
2) Sketch in graphite
3) Horizontal sketch in graphite (a sculpture?)
4) Elaborate sketch with aerial and side views (?) in graphite
5) Aerial sketches in black ink (on verso: three sides of a rectangle in black ink)
6) Sketch in graphite
7) Side views (?) in graphite
8) Sketch in graphite
9) Sketch in graphite labeled "entrance"
10) Aerial sketch in graphite
[A note from the orginal archivist is scrawled on the front of the manila folder: "SUSAN: ASK ME. -Ingrid"]

Subjects and Contexts

• Wilmarth

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