Nude Youth in Position of "The Thinker" | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.16
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Nude Youth in Position of "The Thinker"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307290

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.l.: DWR
inscription: upper margin, graphite, in artist's hand: Rectangle XM [diagram of rectangle, inscribed along left and right sides: ²5; ²2] XM rectangle / root five
inscription: lower margin, graphite, in artist's hand: Extreme and mean (XM) proportions
watermark: [ ]NISH BOND

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: 1936.153.16
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Compositional lines drawn over figure.

Exhibition History

Dynamic Symmetry: A Retrospective Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/05/1961 - 03/12/1961; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 03/22/1961 - 04/19/1961; Carpenter Art Galleries, Hanover, 05/03/1961 - 05/31/1961

Verification Level

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