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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.153.43
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Three-Quarter Length Seated Young Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Three-Quarter Length Seated Boy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307280

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 17 cm (10 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: My head 8 1/2 ft from the model's head. / Drawing in the way of Tracing [mathematical calculations]
  • inscription: u.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 8 1/2 inches
  • inscription: verso, black ink and graphite, typed and handwritten, in artist's hand: Palettes / Color Sequences / [lists of colors with notes inscribed in graphite] / D.W.R. / 1928
  • watermark: OLD NEW ENGLAND BOND / S. WARD MFG. CO. BOSTON

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
1936.153.43
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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