1936.150.641: Portrait of a Shirtless Young Man

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.150.641

People

Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)

Title

Portrait of a Shirtless Young Man

Other Titles

Former Title: Study of a Youth

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1930

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229270

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

36.2 x 25.7 cm (14 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on back: DWR, Signed Date: 1930
• inscription: on front, upper left: HG-CS/V [up?]
• inscription: on top edge of stretcher: H:VR: 5ths: 2: 5
• label: on piece of paper glued to back of canvas: Allen 10 x 14/Half nude; small head/Wt Wt Wt/RO N GY/RO N GY/RO N GY/Blk Blk Blk; [erased but still legible: Over an earlier painting/DWR/Sept 30th/1910]; Zinc Wt Zinc Wt/O Vermilion Cad Y. with/Bt. Sienna Vert Em./Blk Sienna Raw Umber/Fr. Ultram with Vert Em. / Blk/Blk./Bt. Sienna/Fr. Ultram./DWR/Sept 30th/Over an/earlier/painting

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

1936.150.641

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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