1936.10.34: Primate Heads, for "Art Anatomy"
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1936.10.34
- People
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William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
- Title
- Primate Heads, for "Art Anatomy"
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Art Anatomy
Alternate Title: Preparatory Sketch for "Art Anatomy" - Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1872
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/306667
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite, brown ink on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 29.2 x 29 cm (11 1/2 x 11 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper edge, graphite: W. Rimmer 90 Chestnut St. Chelsea
- inscription: in image, graphite: No. 25-- ourang; No. 28-- chimpanzee
- inscription: lower center, graphite: Drawn in anticipation of / "Art Anatomy" by W. Rimmer / (C.H.R.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1936.10.34
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 211, pp. 1012-1013, illus. 284
Verification Level
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