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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.153.19
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Head of a Young Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Head of a Boy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1933
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307244

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on buff wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 27.9 x 21.7 cm (11 x 8 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, lower edge: DWR 1933
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, in artist's hand: SYSTEM / REGULAR POLYGON OF SIXTEEN SIDES / TRIANGLES / 45° 90° 45° 90° 67 1/2° 22 1/2° / WITHOUT CHANGING THE SYSTEM / THE SUBJECT MAY BE ESTABLISHED / IN A DIFFERENT RECTANGLE
  • inscription: upper edge, graphite, in artist's hand: From 8 1/2" x 11" to 4" x 6"

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
1936.153.19
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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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