COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1965.235
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CMA_.1965.235
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2001
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2001
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Harnett, William Michael
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Harnett, William Michael
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1848 - 1892
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1848 - 1892
Creator Dates/Places
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
William Harnett
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William Harnett
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Memento Mori, "To This favour"
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Memento Mori, "To This favour"
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1879
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1879
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1879
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1879
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1879
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1879
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
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oil on canvas
Materials and Techniques
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Dimensions:
Framed: 97.5cm x 77cm x 7.5cm, Unframed: 61.3cm x 81.5cm
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Framed: 97.5cm x 77cm x 7.5cm, Unframed: 61.3cm x 81.5cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1965.235
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1965.235
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
signed lower right: WMHARNETT / 1879 [WMH in monogram].
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signed lower right: WMHARNETT / 1879 [WMH in monogram].
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
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Provenance:
(Kennedy Galleries, New York).
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(Kennedy Galleries, New York).
Provenance
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Context:
A candle and a skull, traditional symbols of death and the passage of time, are here given specific literary associations by the artist, who has written a passage from Shakespeare's Hamlet inside the cover of the book. The quote comes from the famous graveyard scene in which Hamlet discovers the skull of the court jester, "poor Yorick." He asks the skull to summon Ophelia, his betrothed, not realizing that she is already dead: "Now get you to my lady's chamber; and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come." Here "paint" wittily suggests Ophelia's makeup as well as the artifice of Harnett's picture.
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A candle and a skull, traditional symbols of death and the passage of time, are here given specific literary associations by the artist, who has written a passage from Shakespeare's Hamlet inside the cover of the book. The quote comes from the famous graveyard scene in which Hamlet discovers the skull of the court jester, "poor Yorick." He asks the skull to summon Ophelia, his betrothed, not realizing that she is already dead: "Now get you to my lady's chamber; and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come." Here "paint" wittily suggests Ophelia's makeup as well as the artifice of Harnett's picture.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1965.235.TIF
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CMA_.1965.235.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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