Seated Female Nude, Bending Forward | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.33
People: William Orpen, British (Dublin, Ireland 1878 - 1931 London, England)
Title: Seated Female Nude, Bending Forward
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 20th century
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298430

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on cream laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 52.1 x 42.5 cm (20 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: charcoal(?), upper right: ORPEN; graphite, lower right: ORPEN [erased]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1919, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

NOTE: Invoice in file lists "black and white chalk drawing by Orpen, "Nude Figure," $550.00, sold to Grenville L. Winthrop; it is not certain that the drawing listed on the invoice and 1942.33 are the same.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Accession Year

1942

Object Number

1942.33

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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