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American Watercolors and Pastels, 1875­1950, at the Fogg Art Museum

April 8 - June 25, 2006

Checklist for the exhibition

All works are in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, unless otherwise noted.

William Merritt Chase

American, 1849­1916

Self-Portrait, c. 1884

Pastel on paper

17 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (43.8 x 34.3 cm)

Private Collection

TL39939

J. Frank Currier

American, 1843­1909

Houses Near Schleissheim, Germany, 1880s

Pastel on beige wove paper

8 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. (20.6 x 39.3 cm)

Alvin Whitley Fund and the Andrew Wyeth Fund for the Purchase of American Drawings

1991.224

 

 

Stuart Davis

American, 1894­1964

 

Study for "Eggbeater No. 3," 1928

Ink, gouache, and pencil on paper

15 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.(38.7 x 46.4 cm)

Private Collection

TL39870.2

 

Boats and Dock, 1937

Gouache and graphite on tan illustration board, prepared with white ground

12 x 16 in. (30.7 x 40.5 cm)

Acquired through the Deknatel Purchase Fund and through the generosity of Sabatino Abate, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Bennett, and Warren and Jane Shapleigh

1987.1

 

 

 

Willem de Kooning

American, 1904­1997

Reclining Woman, c. 1948­49

Oil, graphite, and black and green crayon on cream illustration board

16 x 17 in. (40.4 x 43.4 cm)

Gift of Lois Orswell

1996.26

 

 

Charles Demuth

American, 1883­1935

 

Fruit and Daisies, c. 1924­25

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

12 x 18 in. (30.4 x 45.9 cm)

Louise E. Bettens Fund

1925.5.2

 

Fruit and Sunflowers, c. 1924­25

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

18 x 11 3/4 in. (45.7 x 29.7 cm)

Louise E. Bettens Fund

1925.5.3

 

Rooftops, Provincetown, 1918

Watercolor on paper

10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)

Private Collection

TL39941

 

 

Arthur G. Dove

American, 1880­1946

Centerport #20, 1940

Watercolor and ink on paper

5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Private Collection

TL39944.1

 

 

Thomas Wilmer Dewing

American, 1851­1938

Standing Woman, 1923

Pastel on brown wove paper-faced illustration board

10 1/2 x 7 in. (26.6 x 18 cm)

Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

1941.75

 

 

Childe Hassam

American, 1859­1935

 

Administration Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892

Gray and white gouache on brown wove paper

11 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (30 x 36.9 cm)

Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

1942.74

 

Country Road, 1891

Pastel on paper

17 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (44.8 x 54 cm)

Private Collection

TL39965

 

 

Winslow Homer

American, 1836­1910

 

Adirondack Lake, 1892

Watercolor on white wove paper

11 7/8 x 21 1/8 in. (30.1 x 53.5 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.302

 

Canoe in Rapids, 1897

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

14 x 21 in. (35.4 x 53.3 cm)

Louise E. Bettens Fund

1924.30

 

Fishing in the Adirondacks, 1889

Watercolor over graphite on heavy wove paper

133/4 x 20 in. (35 x 50.8 cm)

Louise E. Bettens Fund

1918.35

 

Hunter in the Adirondacks, 1892

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

13 3/4 x 20 in. (35.2 x 50.7 cm)

Anonymous Gift

1939.230

 

Mink Pond, 1891

Watercolor over graphite on heavy white wove paper

13 7/8 x 20 in. (35.2 x 50.8 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.304

 

Pike, Lake St. John (Ouananiche Fishing), 1897

Watercolor over graphite on heavy white wove paper

14 x 21 in. (35.6 x 53.5 cm)

Anonymous Gift

1939.235

 

Returning Fishing Boats, 1883

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

16 1/8 x 25 in. (40.9 x 63.5 cm)

Anonymous Gift

1939.233

 

Sailboat and Fourth of July Fireworks, 1880

Watercolor and white gouache on white wove paper

--91/2 x 13 5/8 in. (24.5 x 34.7 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.305

 

Schooner at Sunset, 1880

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

--9 7/8 x 13 5/8 in. (25 x 35 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.298

 

 

Edward Hopper

American, 1882­1967

 

Cold Storage Plant, 1933

Watercolor over graphite on heavy white wove paper

21 3/4 x 27 in. (55.3 x 68.5 cm)

Louise E. Bettens Fund

1934.62

 

Highland Light, 1930

Watercolor over graphite on rough white wove paper

16 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (42.3 x 65.3 cm)

Louise E. Bettens Fund

1930.462

 

Jenness House, Truro, 1934

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

14 x 20 (35.6 x 50.9 cm)

Bequest of Virginia Jenness

1982.37

 

 

William Morris Hunt

American, 1824­1879

Niagara Falls (Horseshoe Falls), 1878

Pastel on blue-gray wove paper

11 1/4 x 18 in. (28.4 x 45.6 cm)

Gift of the Trustees of the Naushon Trust (residual legatees under the will of Dorothea Simmons)

1963.33

 

 

John La Farge

American, 1835­1910

 

A Bridle Path in Tahiti, c. 1900

Gouache and watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper mounted on cardboard

18 7/8 x 20 3/8 in. (48 x 51.8 cm)

Gift of Edward D. Bettens to the Louise E. Bettens Fund

1917.4

 

Chinese Pi­tong, 1879

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

17 x 17 in. (43.3 x 43.2 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.310

 

Faith, Hope, and Charity, Study for Window, Trinity Church, Chicago, c. 1900­1902 Watercolor and gouache on buff wove paper

7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19.1 x 24.1 cm)

Gift of Murray Anthony and Bessie Lincoln Potter

1957.21

 

Water-Lilies with Red and Green Pads, c.1883

Watercolor and gouache on paper

9 3/4 x 12 in. (24.8 x 30.5 cm)

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Pollack.

TL39942

 

 

John Marin

American, 1870­1953

 

Seascape; recto: Landscape, 1914

Watercolor over graphite on heavy white wove paper; verso: watercolor over graphite

16 1/2 x 14 3/8 in. (41.9 x 36.5 cm)

Gift of James N. Rosenberg

1950.48

 

Mt. Chocorua No. 1, 1926

Watercolor and charcoal on heavy white wove paper

17 1/4 x 22 in. (43.7 x 56 cm)

William M. Prichard Memorial Fund

1928.5

 

Mt. Chocorua; verso: Two Diagrams of Molding Profiles, 1926

Watercolor, graphite, and charcoal on heavy white wove paper; verso: graphite and charcoal

17 1/4 x 21 7/8 in. (43.7 x 55.5 cm)

Louise E. Bettens Fund

1928.4

 

 

Georgia O'Keeffe

American, 1887­1986

Portrait-Black, 1918

Watercolor on paper

12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Private Collection

TL39940

 

 

Richard Poussette­Dart

American, 1916­1992

Head of Antiochus, c. 1930

Ink and wash on paper

16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (42.5 x 34.9 cm)

Private Collection

TL39944.2

 

 

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

American, 1858­1924

Summer in Venice, c. 1898­99

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

19 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (49.5 x 35.9 cm)

Anonymous Loan

7.2002

 

 

Ad Reinhardt

American, 1913­1967

No. 11 (Flowers), 1949

Watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper

19 x 23 5/8 in. (48.3 x 60 cm)

Private Collection

TL39870.1

 

 

Mark Rothko

American, 1903­1970

Untitled, 1944­46

Watercolor, ink, tempera, and scratchwork on white wove paper

21 x 28 in. (53.6 x 71.3 cm)

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

1986.464

 

 

John Singer Sargent

American, 1856­1925

 

Group in the Simplon,1911

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

14 1/8 x 20 in. (36 x 50.9 cm)

Gift of Sir Joseph Duveen

1927.7

 

Man Reading, c. 1910

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

13 3/4 x 21 1/8 in. (34.9 x 53.5 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.315

 

Olive Trees, Corfu, 1909

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

14 x 20 in. (35.5 x 50.8 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.314

 

The Grand Canal, Venice, c. 1902

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

10 x 14 in. (25.3 x 35.6 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.313

 

 

Roswell Morse Shurtleff

American, 1838­1915

Drawing Room of the Fogg Residence, Fifth Avenue, New York City, c. 1876

Watercolor over graphite on heavy off-white wove paper

15 1/8 x 20 in. (38.4 x 50.9 cm)

Bequest of Mrs. William Hayes Fogg

1895.667

 

 

Helen Torr

American, 1886­1967

Zinnias

Gouache on paper

11 x 8 3/4 in. (27.9 x 22.2 cm)

Private Collection

TL39944.3

 

 

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

American, 1834­1903

 

Behind the Arsenal, 1880

Pastel on brown wove paper

10 1/4 x 7 in. (26 x 17.8 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.615

 

Chelsea Fruit Shop, 1886­88

Pastel on brown wove paper

6 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (16.1 x 24.8 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.622

 

Note in Black and Grey, 1883­84

Watercolor on off-white cardboard

8 3/8 x 5 in. (21.4 x 12.6 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.618

 

Nude with Parasol, 1872­74

Black and white chalk on brown wove paper

9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (24.8 x 15.8 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.616

 

Nude Reclining, c. 1878

Pastel on brown wove paper, laid down

7 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (18.3 x 27 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.607

 

Red and Black, 1883­84

Watercolor on brown wove paper

9 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (24.2 x 13.7 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.331

 

Sunset; Red and Gold-The Gondolier, 1880

Pastel on brown wove paper

7 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (19.2 x 28.5 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.617

 

The Storm-Sunset, 1880

Pastel on brown wove paper

7 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (18.6 x 29 cm)

Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

1943.624

 

 

Sarah Wyman Whitman

American, 1842­1904

Niagara Falls, 1898

Pastel on beige wove paper attached to canvas wrapped around stretcher

18 1/2 x 17 in. (47 x 43.2 cm)

Gift of Mary C. Wheelwright

1939.252

 

rev. 4/10/06

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