With a Sense of Humor | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1973.53
People: Margaret Fisher, American (Chicago IL 1898-1990 Winnetka IL)
Title: With a Sense of Humor
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/309068

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 18.4 x 22.2 cm (7 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: black ink, l.r.: MF
label: inside mat, paper, typewritten: 74: WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR / Black ink / Lent by the Fogg Art Museum
label: inside mat, l.r., red-and-white paper, typed: With a Sense of Humor
label: inside mat, l.r., paper, printed: 91 [circular label, encircled in graphite]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Margaret Fisher, Illinois, gift; to Roger Fisher, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1973.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Fisher
Accession Year: 1973
Object Number: 1973.53
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Margaret Fisher: Drawings, Watercolors, Gouaches, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/19/1973 - 10/11/1973

Verification Level

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1973.53: With a Sense of Humor