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Chris van Allsburg

Missing in Venice,

Maker

  • Chris Van Allsburg, (RISD MFA 1975, Sculpture)

Title

Missing in Venice

Medium

charcoal

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • charcoal on paper

Techniques

  • charcoal on paper

Supports

  • heavy-weight white Strathmore paper

Dimensions

Plate: 63.5 x 52.1 cm (25 x 20 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated graphite in margin, bottom right corner:"C. VAN ALLSBURG 1983" | Titled in graphite bottom margin, center:"Mario's Magnet / Even with the engines in reverse, the great/ ocean liner was pulled further and further into the canal." | inscribed in purple marker lower left corner:"3" | Inscribed in pencil lower right corner: "4." | Inscribed in pencil lower right corner:"3 1/4 T & S / 3 1/2 Bottom" | Inscribed in pencil bottom margin center:"2:05 / 459-3416" | Inscribed in pencil bottom right corner, aligned vertically:"Figures in Context/ 202/ 298 1010 / Carma / C. Fauntleroy / International Exhibitions Foundation / 1729 H Street N.W./ Suite 310 / Wash. D.C. 20026" | No inscriptions on verso. | Inscription in graphite on verso of mat window, lower left corner:"Fleet / 15957/ 6/28"[possibly "15497"].

Signature: Signed and dated graphite in margin, bottom right corner:"C. VAN ALLSBURG 1983"

Marks: Blindstamp on verso, lower right corner:"STRATHMORE USE EITHER SIDE" in circle surrounding thistle with two leaves

Label: Label on frame:Jameson and Thompson/ Picture Framers/15 Greenview Avenue/ Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 /617-524-1805" with initial and date in black ink : "7/6/0" | White adhesive tape on frame back with number in black marker:"F2500".

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Bank of America Corporate Collection

Object Number

2004.43.11

Missing in Venice
, from the book *Mysteries of Harris Burdick*

Signed and dated graphite in margin, bottom right corner:"C. VAN ALLSBURG 1983" | Titled in graphite bottom margin, center:"Mario's Magnet / Even with the engines in reverse, the great/ ocean liner was pulled further and further into the canal." | inscribed in purple marker lower left corner:"3" | Inscribed in pencil lower right corner: "4." | Inscribed in pencil lower right corner:"3 1/4 T & S / 3 1/2 Bottom" | Inscribed in pencil bottom margin center:"2:05 / 459-3416" | Inscribed in pencil bottom right corner, aligned vertically:"Figures in Context/ 202/ 298 1010 / Carma / C. Fauntleroy / International Exhibitions Foundation / 1729 H Street N.W./ Suite 310 / Wash. D.C. 20026" | No inscriptions on verso. | Inscription in graphite on verso of mat window, lower left corner:"Fleet / 15957/ 6/28"[possibly "15497"].

Signature: Signed and dated graphite in margin, bottom right corner:"C. VAN ALLSBURG 1983"

Marks: Blindstamp on verso, lower right corner:"STRATHMORE USE EITHER SIDE" in circle surrounding thistle with two leaves

Label: Label on frame:Jameson and Thompson/ Picture Framers/15 Greenview Avenue/ Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 /617-524-1805" with initial and date in black ink : "7/6/0" | White adhesive tape on frame back with number in black marker:"F2500".

Exhibition History

Draw Me a Story

April 14 - July 23, 2006
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Missing in Venice with the accession number of 2004.43.11. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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