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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.153.69
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Study of a Young Man Reading
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of a Youth Reading
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1926
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307320

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 28.1 x 21.8 cm (11 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR Feb 6th 1926
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, in artist's hand: Subject "J" reading-- / Composition in 2(²2--Sq)[circle with two parallel vertical lines through] in a 15 x 21 proportion
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, in artist's hand: Model about 9 ft from the eye / the paper conveniently in hand. / Drawing with a 22 1/2 right triangle.
  • watermark: WIRELESS BOND [with quadripartite circle enclosing "1887"]

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
1936.153.69
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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