Harpoon Rack II, 1960

Not on View

Medium

cotton, bast fiber, and epoxy on wood

Dimensions

overall: 85.09 × 75.88 cm (33 1/2 × 29 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Michael Goldberg)

Accession Number

2015.19.127

Artists / Makers

Salvatore Scarpitta (painter) American, 1919 - 2007

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Inscription

across top reverse: HARPOON RACK #II / 30 x 33 1/2 1960; on top stretcher bar reverse: WITH TO MIKE G. FROM SALVATORE LOVE / 1960 DEC. 25

Provenance

Gift from the artist to Michael Goldberg [1924-2007], New York;[1] gift 1969 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] Letter, 28 June 1972, from the artist to Nina Osno, Corcoran curator, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Goldberg, Michael

Bibliography

2005: Sansone, Luigi. Salvatore Scarpitta. Catalogue Raisonné. Milan, 2005: 176, no. 266, repro.