Foreshortened Nude Male Figure | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.10.9
People: William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
Title: Foreshortened Nude Male Figure
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Male Nude
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1876-1877
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306783

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

18 x 21.7 cm (7 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.l. and lower center.: WR
inscription: lower center, graphite: [ ] by CHR
inscription: right edge, graphite: On back of this paper are corrections to be made in / pages of Art Anatomy by one employed to copy text.
inscription: verso, brown ink: 2 [and then corrections to Art Anatomy. Weidman identifies them as pages 5-11 of part II]

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: 1936.10.9
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 307, p. 1116; illus. 380

Verification Level

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