Harvard Art Museums > 1936.153.56: Half-Length Seated Male Nude Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Half-Length Seated Male Nude (Denman Waldo Ross) , 1936.153.56,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307335. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1936.153.56 People Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England) Title Half-Length Seated Male Nude Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 19th-20th century Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307335 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions image: 19 x 14 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) actual: 35.6 x 25.3 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: right margin, graphite, in artist's hand: These geometric systems / can supply a means / of generalization / by which the / particulars of / sense are eliminated / for the sake of / a [conception?] / of [ ] / and the [ ] of a [two words, illeg.] / The [ ] is / insignificant / in view of [what / can be?] attained. Palette [sketched and described, with diagram] watermark: WARD'S B[OST]ON BOND inscription: lower margin, graphite, in artist's hand: Square [card?], ²5 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 1936.153.56 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
