2005.145: Pittsburgh

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2005.145

People

Joseph Stella, American (Muro Lurcano Italy 1877 - 1946 Astoria NY)

Title

Pittsburgh

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1908

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/19204

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on off-white modern laid paper, cut down

Dimensions

16.6 x 20.5 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: back of frame, upper left, graphite: 2318 Wickersham
• inscription: back of frame, center, graphite: Stella / "Pittsburgh"
• inscription: back of frame, upper left, black crayon: #512
• inscription: back of frame, right, black crayon: 6 1/4 x 7 3/4
• drawing: verso: charcoal testing marks

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Wickersham Gallery, New York, New York]. [Rabin & Krueger, Newark, New Jersey]. Richard B. Sisson, New York, New York, before 1965, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Richard B. Sisson and through the generosity of Anthony and Celeste Meier

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

2005.145

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• William H. Gerdts, Drawings of Joseph Stella from the Collection of Rabin & Krueger, Rabin & Krueger Gallery (Newark, N.J., 1962), no. 78, repr.
• Collecting Privately, exh. cat., Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, Maine, 1965), cat. no. 27

Exhibition History

• Collecting Privately, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 07/02/1965 - 09/05/1965

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