Harvard Art Museums > 8.1955.4: Rear View of a Standing Male Nude Leaning on a Block Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Rear View of a Standing Male Nude Leaning on a Block (Washington Allston) , 8.1955.4,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305524. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 8.1955.4 People Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA) Title Rear View of a Standing Male Nude Leaning on a Block Other Titles Alternate Title: Standing Man Seen from the Rear Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1805 - 1806 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305524 Physical Descriptions Medium Black and white chalk on blue-gray wove paper Dimensions 53 x 41.1 cm (20 7/8 x 16 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks exhibition label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper Provenance Recorded Ownership History To the artist's wife Martha Dana Allston at his death, 1843; to the Washington Allston Trust, 1862. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from The Washington Allston Trust Object Number 8.1955.4 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History William H. Gerdts, The Great American Nude: A History in Art, Praeger Publishers (New York and Washington, DC, 1974), pp. 51-52, fig. 3-10 Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 228, reproduced in b/w fig. 559 William H. Gerdts and Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., "A Man of Genius": The Art of Washington Allston (1779-1843), exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1979), p. 222 Exhibition History Three Centuries of the American Nude, New York Cultural Center, New York, 05/09/1975 - 07/13/1975; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 08/06/1975 - 09/21/1975; Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, 10/03/1975 - 11/16/1975 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
