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William Michael Harnett
Alas, Poor Yorick1877

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Transatlantic Exchange and Its Legacies
Oil painting still life with a torn blue tobacco package, long pipe stem, small round pipe, matchstick, and printed yellow wrapper on a dark wooden surface

William Michael Harnett, Alas, Poor Yorick, 1877, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Charles C. and Elma Ralphs Shoemaker

Artist or Maker
William Michael Harnett
Ireland, Clonakilty, County Cork, active United States, 1848-1892
Title
Alas, Poor Yorick
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1877
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (18.42 x 23.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles C. and Elma Ralphs Shoemaker
Accession Number
AC1994.152.5
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Barrett, Ross. "Harnett's Habit: Still Life Painting and Smoking Culture in the Gilded Age." American Art 33, no.2 (2019): 62-83.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.