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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.538
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Three Sketches of the Garden Behind the Redentore, Venice, Italy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1913
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307204

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 35.3 x 25.4 cm (13 7/8 x 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: Old garden behind the Redentore / Venice June 4th, 1913
  • inscription: center, graphite, in artist's hand: Used charcoal gray / in this case
  • inscription: center, graphite, in artist's hand: This is about right / the neutrals [retained?] / by crossing the [columns?] / above indicated.
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Y / R / B / YG / OR / BV / G / O / V [other notes about color at u.r. in graphite]

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
1936.150.538
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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