Seated Male Nude Turned One-Half Right | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.104
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Seated Male Nude Turned One-Half Right
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Seated Nude Youth Turned One-Half Right
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307312

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: u.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 18°; 72°; 90°
inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: To Arthur Upam [sic] Pope / Cable [crossed off: [NORM?]] England / Dear [crossed off: Mr. Pope] Sir / Mr Ross has received your letter regarding / the Fake Factory in Paris and its activities / [ ] is that you know all there is to know about it. / ¶Everybody is away from the Museum of / Fine Arts at this time. The President / is in Washington the Treasurer is / at Bar Harbor where he spends his / summers and the Director also is taking / his vacation at [ ] coast / of Main [sic] leaving orders that he must / not be bothered with / museum matters. / ¶ Mr. Ross has seen Mr. [Holvin?] who / [ ] his return from London / that was before he received your letter. / As there will be / a meeting of Museum committee / on the first Thursday in September / Mr. Ross will see that the the [sic] Director has your letter to read / to the Committee [crossed off: for its consideration.] / ¶Mr. Ross feels that collecting / [Persian? Parisian?] art should be given [word erased] as there are very / very few / people who are able to distinguish / what is right from what is wrong. / I am very truly yours / E O P Secretary

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: 1936.153.104
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Verification Level

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