Nude Male, for "Sadak...", and Seated Figure; verso: Figure and Animal Sketches | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.10.27
People: William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
Title: Nude Male, for "Sadak...", and Seated Figure; verso: Figure and Animal Sketches
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Study for "Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion;" verso: Figure and animal sketches
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1867-1868
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306610

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Blue ink on paper on lined wove paper

Dimensions

20.4 x 12.7 cm (8 1/16 x 5 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: black ink, l.r: WR
inscription: verso, black ink: W Rimmer
inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: Father for Carrie

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: From the artist to his daughter Caroline Hunt Rimmer, at his death, 1879; to her niece Edith Rimmer Durham Simonds, 1918; purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
Accession Year: 1936
Object Number: 1936.10.27
Division: European and American Art
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Descriptions

Description: Sketched on a sheet of Cooper Union letterhead; sketch of building at u.l., headed "Cooper Union, for the Advancement of Science [part obscured by drawing] / New York."

Publication History

Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 113, p. 884, illus. 186; verso: no. 114, p. 885, illus. 187

Verification Level

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