1987.58: Duck

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1987.58

People

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French (St. Jean de Braye, France 1891 - 1915 Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France)

Title

Duck

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1912

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/294760

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brush and black ink over black chalk, touches of white gouache, on cream modern paper

Dimensions

25.5 x 19 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.edge in graphite: H Gaudier Brzeska; verso, l. edge in graphite: Gaudier B.
• inscription: On verso, below signature, in graphite: B-100 Loose drawing
• stamp: Collector's mark (stamp) on verso, l.l. in brown ink: D. F. Platt (1873-1938) (L. 750a)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dan Fellows Platt, Englewood, New Jersey (L. 750a). Fredric Wertham, New York, bequest; to Hesketh Wertham, 1981, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1987.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Fredric Wertham Collection, Gift of his wife Hesketh

Accession Year

1987

Object Number

1987.58

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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