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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.153.205
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Male Head in Profile, with Notes
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Profile Head of a Youth
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307436

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 28 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: above image, graphite, in artist's hand: Representation. / Motion to express the truth of Representation. / Terms: the diagonals of a ²2 rectangle / connected by curves.
  • inscription: u.r., graphite, in artist's hand: A ²2 rectangle with its diagonals
  • inscription: center right, graphite, in artist's hand: To show how the curves / should be drawn. / In [these?] curves we / find an emotional /expression of straight line / constructions. The / curves are [like?] / the muscles on / this [selection?]
  • watermark: WIRELESS BOND [with design of a quadripartite circle]

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
1936.153.205
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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