1936.153.53: Maurine Palmer
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1936.153.53
- People
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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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