The Crowd / Divided Intentions
August Robert Birmelin, American, born 1933
May 1999
Conté pencil and crayon on Stonehenge paper (Krylon workable fixative)
Sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 3/16 in. (56.8 × 76.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Robert A. Levinson, Class of 1946
© A. Robert Birmelin
D.999.25.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in ink, bottom center, vertically, bottom to top: R. BIRMELIN'99; inscribed, in conte graphite, upper right, vertically, bottom, to top: The Crowd / Divided Intentions; signed and inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower right: reversible composition / Done at Dartmouth College / ROBERT BIRMELIN / "The Crowd / Divided Intentions" / 22 x 30 - stonehenge paper / conte crayon + pencil / May 1999 - FIXATIVE 5/99 / Krylon-workable; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, top center: preferred top [arrow pointing up]; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, bottom center, upside down: Alternate top [arrow pointing up]
Course History
SART 20, SART 71, Drawing II, III, Summer 2013
SART 17, Special Topics: Digital Painting, Tom Ferrara, Summer 2014
SART 20, Drawing II, Tom Ferrara, Summer 2014
SART 20, 71, Drawing II, III, Tom Ferrara, Spring 2015
Provenance
The artist [invoice from Hanover, New Hampshire during his tenure as Artist-in-Residence]; sold to present collection, May 1999.
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