1938.125: Denman W. Ross (1853-1935)
Paintings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1938.125
- People
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Kanji Nakamura, American (Nagasaki, Japan 1887 - 1932 Boston, MA)
- Title
- Denman W. Ross (1853-1935)
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Portrait of Dr. Denman W. Ross
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 1928
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230510
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
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21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
framed: 37.2 x 32.4 x 4.8 cm (14 5/8 x 12 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: verso: l.r.: Kanji Namamura 1928
- inscription: On back of panel: Portrait of Denman W. Ross May 1928
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Kanji Nakamura, sold(?) to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1928, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1938
- Object Number
- 1938.125
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Malcolm Haslam, "Malcolm Haslam examines the ideas and influence of Denman Ross", Crafts: Decorative and Applied Arts, ed. Geraldine Rudge, The Crafts Council (London, England, November 2003 - December 2003), pp. 22-23, repr. in b/w
- Benedict Cuddon, "A field pioneered by amateurs: The collecting and display of Islamic art in early twentieth-century Boston", Muqarnas, Yale University Press (New Haven, 2014), Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp. 14-15, fig. 1, ill. (b/w)
Verification Level
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