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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.153.56
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Half-Length Seated Male Nude
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307335

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
image: 19 x 14 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
actual: 35.6 x 25.3 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: right margin, graphite, in artist's hand: These geometric systems / can supply a means / of generalization / by which the / particulars of / sense are eliminated / for the sake of / a [conception?] / of [ ] / and the [ ] of a [two words, illeg.] / The [ ] is / insignificant / in view of [what / can be?] attained. Palette [sketched and described, with diagram]
  • watermark: WARD'S B[OST]ON BOND
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, in artist's hand: Square [card?], ²5

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
1936.153.56
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Compositional lines drawn over figure.

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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