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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.180
People
Alexander Pope, American (Boston, Massachusetts 1849 - 1924 Hingham, Massachusetts)
Title
Rooster in Transit
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1880
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/364543

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
57.5 × 70.5 cm (22 5/8 × 27 3/4 in.)
frame: 56 × 66 cm (22 1/16 × 26 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right: Alexander Pope / 23 Irvington St / Boston / Mass.
  • inscription: lower center: BOSTON / MASS
  • inscription: upper center: For Sale
  • label: verso, upper left, typewritten: Stralem / 188.58

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Donald and Jean Stralem, New York, sold [through Sotheby's, New York, May 25, 1995, lot 145]; to private collector, New York, sold [through Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 2010, lot 2]; to Daniel and Susan Pollock, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Daniel A. Pollack and Susan F. Pollack, Harvard Classes of 1960 and 1964
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.180
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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