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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.480
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Portrait of Ginger
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1924
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307085

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on off-white wove paper?
Dimensions
actual: 35.6 x 25.2 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.r., graphite, in artist's hand: ²4
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: From photography Ginger / Paris June 29th 1924
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: If B is required for tone balances, / use French Ultramarine and / a mixture of RO-YG.
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: BBV required to / complete the true balance
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Venetian Red / French Ultramarine / Orange cadmium / Blue Black Zinc White
  • watermark: WARD'S BOSTON BOND

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
1936.150.480
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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