1936.153.88: Charlie Parker

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.153.88

People

Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)

Title

Charlie Parker

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Head of a Youth Turned One-Quarter Left

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1933

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/307274

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 28 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: DWR July 9th 1933
• inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Charlie
• inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: My head to paper 20" his head to mine 3?
• inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: Another and [second?] system that I / propose for the coordin[ation] of / drawing in tracing size with / the rectangle any rectangle in / which the drawing has been / produced is the system of a regular / polygon sixteen sides / a system which using to / [document?] in this way / first by using in a drawing / [ ] and with a T-square the / right [ ] of 45 90 45 / [crossed off: the second by using a right / triangle of 22 1/2 45 and 90°] / as follows: / the [ ] right triangles used should be / made not of [ ] but of transparent celluloid / they are [obtainable?] everywhere. / [crossed off: the triangle of 22 1/2 45 and 90 / will [ ] / [ ] / artist himself]

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

1936.153.88

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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