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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.153.88
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Charlie Parker
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Head of a Youth Turned One-Quarter Left
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1933
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307274

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 28 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: DWR July 9th 1933
  • inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Charlie
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: My head to paper 20" his head to mine 3?
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: Another and [second?] system that I / propose for the coordin[ation] of / drawing in tracing size with / the rectangle any rectangle in / which the drawing has been / produced is the system of a regular / polygon sixteen sides / a system which using to / [document?] in this way / first by using in a drawing / [ ] and with a T-square the / right [ ] of 45 90 45 / [crossed off: the second by using a right / triangle of 22 1/2 45 and 90°] / as follows: / the [ ] right triangles used should be / made not of [ ] but of transparent celluloid / they are [obtainable?] everywhere. / [crossed off: the triangle of 22 1/2 45 and 90 / will [ ] / [ ] / artist himself]

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
1936.153.88
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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