DrawingsAmerican19th century

Study of an Architectural Ornament

1886

Artists

Oscar FehrerArtist

Description

Pinholes at all corners.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on tan wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 28.6 x 23.6 cm (11 1/4 x 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Oscar Fehrer, painted, 1889; to his daughters at his death?, 1958. Catherine and Elizabeth Fehrer, from their father, the artist, at his death?, 1958, gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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