1936.150.469: Young Man in a Turban

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.150.469

People

Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)

Title

Young Man in a Turban

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Head of a Youth

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/307148

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 35.6 x 25.3 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR
• watermark: WARD'S BOSTON BOND
• inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: [Color diagrams with notes:] Flesh; Turban; Background / Light / R / Y / R-- Y / V / Y-- YG / R / YG / Half Tones Y-- V-- R / Darks R-- Y-- YG / Y-- V-- R/ YG Yellow Ochre Viridian Yellow Ochre Blue Black / RY Chinese [Viridian?], and Indian Red

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

1936.150.469

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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