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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.339
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Two Sketches of a Landscape, with Notes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1901
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306974

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
34 x 23.9 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
framed: 50.8 x 38.5 x 3 cm (20 x 15 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR / Aug 3d 1901
  • inscription: right of lower image, graphite, in artist's hand: Dark G / Dark V / Mid N / Mid G / Mid B / Mid YG / Mid YOR
  • inscription: left of lower image, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: DWR
  • inscription: right of lower image, graphite, in artist's hand: Half an hour later / the sun comes out / and the effect changes-- / the pitch goes up. The / light becomes whiter, / the colors purer-- the / sky (cloudy) changes its register and / becomes mid N
  • inscription: u.l. of lower image, graphite, in artist's hand: Sumach. Green leaves / unripe grapes. / M o / R LYG / M G L R / D N G
  • inscription: right of upper image, graphite, in artist's hand: Light 1/2 ² / Dark RV / Mid 1/2 g / Light 1/2 B / Mid N / Mid G / Mid B / Light N boats / Mid N / Dark YO
  • inscription: u.r., graphite, in artist's hand: The Concord River / at [May Curry's?] bridge / Pine trees. Maples. / Green rushes along / the muddy banks. / Gray day effect. / Cow [pitch?] scale / Slight contrasts / between registers. / Substitution of / gray for white.
  • inscription: left of upper image, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: DWR
  • inscription: left of upper image, graphite, in artist's hand: Mid 1/2 bg
  • inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: These darks / would be better 1/2 g in 1/2 RV

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.150.339
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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