1936.109.95: Portrait of a Man
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1936.109.95
- People
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Kanji Nakamura, American (Nagasaki, Japan 1887 - 1932 Boston, MA)
- Title
- Portrait of a Man
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 19th-20th century
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231335
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 16.8 x 0.6 cm (8 x 6 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: on back, graphite, in artist's hand: The work of Kanji Nakamura/Inspired by a clipping/from the news paper. Later/the original was sent MFA/Boston. It was badly repainted/and of questionable value so/was not purchased./ Mr. Nakamura repeated his/experiment without improving/upon it. /Given to the Fogg Museum/of Art by Denman W. Ross/Executor.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Kanji Nakamura, gift(?); to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, Massachusetts, bequest; to 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
- 1936.109.95
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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