Two Sketches of a Standing Male Nude | Harvard Art Museums

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
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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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