1936.10.39: Superficial Muscles of the Face, for "Art Anatomy"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.10.39

People

William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)

Title

Superficial Muscles of the Face, for "Art Anatomy"

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Art Anatomy
Former Title: Anatomical study of the muscular structure of a male head for Art Anatomy

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1872

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306709

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and brown ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

34.4 x 26 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: around image, graphite: [more than half the page marked with notations on various muscles, numbered to match the corresponding muscles in the drawing]
• inscription: upper edge, purple ink: No. 37
• inscription: l.r., graphite, signed: In anticipation of / set for "Art Anatomy" by father W. Rimmer / (C.H.R.)
• inscription: beneath image, graphite: Superficial Muscles of the Face

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

1936.10.39

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. 214, p. 1014, illus. 287

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