DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Perspective Study of Cubes

19th-20th century

Artists

Oscar FehrerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and gray wash over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 29.9 x 42.1 cm (11 3/4 x 16 9/16 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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