DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Study of a Flayed Right Arm

19th-20th century

Artists

Oscar FehrerArtist

Description

Pinhole at l.l.c., torn

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal on brown wove paper, fixed

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 45.2 x 33 cm (17 13/16 x 13 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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