DrawingsAmerican20th century

Christ in Limbo

1950

Artists

Alfonso OssorioArtist

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Wax resist

Medium

Watercolor, black ink, and wax on white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

29 x 22.2 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Alfonso Ossorio, East Hampton, New York, sold; to Frederic Ossorio, Boulder, Colorado, 1964, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

Related Artworks

Drawings

Montage House, 1929: Ceiling: isometric detail, 1:2

Walter Gropius, 1929

Graphite on paper

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (view of Gordes, right page)

Otto Piene, 2005

Blue and black marker on paper

21st centuryGerman

Drawings

Leg Muscles, for "Art Anatomy"

William Rimmer, c. 1876

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Black and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper

17th centuryFrench

Drawings

Three Figures from "Macbeth": Duncan, Malcolm, and Donalbain

Charles Ricketts, c. 1926

Watercolor, black chalk, and graphite on cream wove paper

20th centuryBritish

Drawings

Details of Scales, "Judgment" Lunette, Boston Public Library (recto and verso)

John Singer Sargent, 1895-1916

Graphite on off-white wove paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Study of a Girl, Zillerthal

John Singer Sargent, 1871

Graphite on tan wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Weimar Burgerschule

Lyonel Feininger, 1926

Graphite on paper

20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Vollersroda

Lyonel Feininger, January 22, 1934

Black ink and charcoal on cream laid paper

20th century

Drawings

Shri Raga, Illustration from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Ink and orange color on paper

18th centuryIndian

Drawings

Squirrel with Bird's Head, for Fogg Art Museum Letterhead

Leonard Baskin, 1953 - 1956

Graphite on cream laid paper

20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and adhered sketch of hibiscus, left page); Untitled (hibiscus flowers, right page)

Otto Piene, 1981

Colored marker, opaque watercolor, paper, graphite, blue pen, and adhesive on paper

20th centuryGerman