David Pulling on a Rope | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.31
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: David Pulling on a Rope
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Nude Youth
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1925
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307230

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

35.5 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, lower center: DWR / July 1925
inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: David / ²2 0 [vertical line through 0]
inscription: in image, graphite, in artist's hand: [in three places:] Reciprocal
watermark: WARD'S BOSTO[N BO]ND

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: 1936.153.31
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Compositional diagrams drawn in graphite on verso.

Exhibition History

Dynamic Symmetry: A Retrospective Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/05/1961 - 03/12/1961; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 03/22/1961 - 04/19/1961; Carpenter Art Galleries, Hanover, 05/03/1961 - 05/31/1961

Verification Level

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1936.153.31: David Pulling on a Rope