Harvard Art Museums > 1936.153.20: Head of a Man Turned One-Quarter Left Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Head of a Man Turned One-Quarter Left (Denman Waldo Ross) , 1936.153.20,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307245. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1936.153.20 People Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England) Title Head of a Man Turned One-Quarter Left Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1930 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307245 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on cream wove paper Dimensions actual: 28 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR May 1930 inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Materials / 5B Venus pencil / Terms vertical and horizontal lines inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: [Space?] relations / Diagonals of 45° / instead of drawing with verticals and horizontals / let us draw with diagonals of 45°. It follows / that what we can draw with verticals and / horizontals may just as well be drawn / with reciprocal / diagonals of 45° or any other reciprocal / diagonals however is that [I'm?] not / so familiar with them and am / not [ ] without a T square and / a right triangle to draw them correctly. / To draw the unfamiliar and un[ ] / requires care and experience. To draw [ ] 45° / [diagonal?] requires still more care and / experience but it is all in the way / of getting [ ] discrimination and judgment. / On p is a [ ] enlargement / showing a head drawn with 45° diagonals / and on p there is a drawing I have / made in the same / mode. The student will find it / much easier to use the 45° diagonals / than the vertical and horizontal. / If he is ambidextrous he could draw / the [alternate?] diagonals with two hands / and two pencils! 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 1936.153.20 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
