1975.52: Kenneth J. Conant (1894-1984)
Paintings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1975.52
- People
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Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
- Title
- Kenneth J. Conant (1894-1984)
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 1916
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/311915
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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58.4 x 39.7 cm (23 x 15 5/8 in.)
framed: 74.9 x 57.2 x 4.5 cm (29 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: l.r.: Denman W. Ross
- inscription: l.r.: September 1916; on stretcher: Presented to/Mr. and Mrs. John [F.?] Conant/by/Denman W. Ross/Cambridge Mass/At time of Kenneth's first trip abroad/with [ ] Fellowship--1 yr in Italy--/to remind you of your son while he is/far away in Rome./Kenneth/had/spent the/summer/illustrating/Dr. Ross's/book on/design/1916.
- label: plaque "KENNETH JOHN CONANT, 1894-1984/ Professor of Architecture/ By Denman W. Ross".
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Presumably gift from artist to Kenneth J. Conant, the subject, 1916; his gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1975.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Kenneth J. Conant
- Accession Year
- 1975
- Object Number
- 1975.52
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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