Seated Male Nude Leaning on his Left Hand | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.125
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Seated Male Nude Leaning on his Left Hand
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Seated Nude Youth Turned Three-Quarters Left
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307325

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

image: 25.8 x 18.5 cm (10 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
actual: 35.6 x 25.2 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: upper margin, graphite, in artist's hand: Drawn from Life / in the Manner of Tracing / in Tracing size. / Then arranged and composed in the Symmetry / of ²8 using the Triangle of a ²8 Rectangle. / Presented in a ²2 Rectangle (²8 x 2)
inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: [1 word, erased, illeg.] / Symmetry of ²8
inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: Possibility
inscription: center right, graphite, in artist's hand: Triangle / of ²8
watermark: WARD'S BOSTON 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: 1936.153.125
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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