Female Nude Bending Over | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1998.288
People: Imitator of Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France)
Ernest Durig, Swiss (Zurich, Switzerland 1894 - 1962 Washington, DC)
Title: Female Nude Bending Over
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Figure bending over
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/299703

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and watercolor on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

34.6 x 24.5 cm (13 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: lower right, graphite: Aug Rodin

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, CT, 1950, Bequest to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998. Orswell placed work on deposit at the Fogg Art Museum from 1953 to 1955. See Orswell catalogue p. 372 and p. 375. Orswell placed work on long-term loan from 1972 to 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Accession Year: 1998
Object Number: 1998.288
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 197, p. 375

Verification Level

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