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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.641
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Portrait of a Shirtless Young Man
Other Titles
Former Title: Study of a Youth
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1930
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229270

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36.2 x 25.7 cm (14 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on back: DWR, Signed Date: 1930
  • inscription: on front, upper left: HG-CS/V [up?]
  • inscription: on top edge of stretcher: H:VR: 5ths: 2: 5
  • label: on piece of paper glued to back of canvas: Allen 10 x 14/Half nude; small head/Wt Wt Wt/RO N GY/RO N GY/RO N GY/Blk Blk Blk; [erased but still legible: Over an earlier painting/DWR/Sept 30th/1910]; Zinc Wt Zinc Wt/O Vermilion Cad Y. with/Bt. Sienna Vert Em./Blk Sienna Raw Umber/Fr. Ultram with Vert Em. / Blk/Blk./Bt. Sienna/Fr. Ultram./DWR/Sept 30th/Over an/earlier/painting

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.150.641
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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