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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.16
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Monochromatic Still-Life
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1901
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306859

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray wash, black crayon and graphite on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
image: 20.7 x 13.9 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
actual: 34.4 x 25.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: DWR March 16 / 1901
  • inscription: right margin, graphite, in artist's hand: India ink and / Wolff crayon HH / Ink eraser // 1. Cut the darks from the lights. / 2. Cut the half tones from the lights. / 3. Cut the lights from the high lights. / 4. Cut out the extreme darks. / 5. Mark graduations where necessary.

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
1936.150.16
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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