Male Nude with Hands in his Lap (recto and verso) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.114
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Male Nude with Hands in his Lap (recto and verso)
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Seated Nude Youth; verso: Another Study of the Same Position
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307338

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 28 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: Composition in the System of the Squares. 4 x 5 / verticals horizontals and 45° diagonals only / order is obvious but the representation / is suggestive rather than descriptive. / Try again adding diagonals of two squares.
inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: RO - GB Blk
inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Square / & ²3
watermark: WIRELESS BOND [with design of quadripartite circle enclosing "1877"]

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: 1936.153.114
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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