Seated Male Nude Turned Three-Quarters Left | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.115
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Seated Male Nude Turned Three-Quarters Left
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Seated Nude Youth Turned Three-Quarters Left
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1929
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307358

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.r.: DWR / Oct. 1929
inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 0 [over] 24
inscription: verso, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: COORDINATION OF ALL MIXTURES / Every color with every other. / Undertones with overtones / or / verticals horizontals and diagonals / less tones in each mixture / among them the one that is required / [five lists of colors, with notes] / A / Sliding Scale / of / Values / DWR / July Ninth / 1931
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: 1936.153.115
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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