1936.153.119: Seated Male Nude with Right Arm Resting on Chair Back

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.153.119

People

Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)

Title

Seated Male Nude with Right Arm Resting on Chair Back

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Three-Quarter Length Seated Nude Youth Turned Three-Quarters Right

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/307321

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper, set down completely to off-white cardboard

Dimensions

mount: 35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)
actual: 28 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: center left, graphite, in artist's hand: [geometric diagram] The angles / and dimensions / of this Composition
• inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: These are the coordinates / of the composition-- / in [ ] measures / and proportions
• inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Central / Vertical Axis / of the Composition / Add in more measure / to the right

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

1936.153.119

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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

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