Maurine Palmer | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.53
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Maurine Palmer
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Head of a Woman
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1926
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307284

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 28 x 21.8 cm (11 x 8 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.r.: DWR / Dec 1926

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: 1936.153.53
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: There is a pattern resembling a snowflake on the verso. A newspaper clipping with a photo of the subject is pinned to the drawing at u.l.c. with a straight pin. According to the caption, the photograph depicts Maurine Palmer, Contralto. Ross has inscribed in graphite on the clipping: Sunday Herald / Nov. 28 1926

Verification Level

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