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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.153.4
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Two Sketches of a Standing Male Nude
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Nude Youth Standing in Profile with Right Foot and Hands Forward
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1927
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307224

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 35.6 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR / Feb 1927
  • inscription: upper margin, graphite, in artist's hand: How to enlarge a Drawing / made in the way of Tracing / over the radial system of the Hexagon. / Use proportional dividers in the radial lines.

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
1936.153.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

Verification Level

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