Seated Woman, Nude (Woman Preparing to Bathe) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.728
People: William Orpen, British (Dublin, Ireland 1878 - 1931 London, England)
Title: Seated Woman, Nude (Woman Preparing to Bathe)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1905
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/297536

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown watercolor, black ink and black chalk on cream wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 38.4 x 27.3 cm (15 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: black ink, lower left: A Woman Preparing to Bath.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1932, bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

NOTE: Invoice lists "Drawing of a Nude Girl by Sir William Orpen," it is not certain whether the invoice refers to 1943.728 or to 1942.33.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.728

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

Special Exhibition of Drawings, Century Association, New York, 04/08/1938 - 04/30/1938

Verification Level

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