Head of a Young Man | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.19
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Head of a Young Man
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Head of a Boy
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1933
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307244

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on buff wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 27.9 x 21.7 cm (11 x 8 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, lower edge: DWR 1933
inscription: lower margin, graphite, in artist's hand: SYSTEM / REGULAR POLYGON OF SIXTEEN SIDES / TRIANGLES / 45° 90° 45° 90° 67 1/2° 22 1/2° / WITHOUT CHANGING THE SYSTEM / THE SUBJECT MAY BE ESTABLISHED / IN A DIFFERENT RECTANGLE
inscription: upper edge, graphite, in artist's hand: From 8 1/2" x 11" to 4" x 6"

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: 1936.153.19
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Dynamic Symmetry: A Retrospective Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/05/1961 - 03/12/1961; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 03/22/1961 - 04/19/1961; Carpenter Art Galleries, Hanover, 05/03/1961 - 05/31/1961

Verification Level

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