1936.153.73: Standing Male Nude with Extensive Notes

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.153.73

People

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

Title

Standing Male Nude with Extensive Notes

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/307367

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: WIRELESS BOND [with quadripartite circle enclosing "1887"]
• inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Representation / Motion: The [ ] of Rep[resentation?] / Terms Diagonas of a ²3 Rectangle / Connected by curves / Tangential?
• inscription: center left, graphite, in artist's hand: ²3 and in diagonals
• inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Compare the / drdawing of El Greco / which seems to be based upon this / principle. The / diagonals that he / generally had in / mind seem to have / been the diagonals / of a ²4 rectangle / the rectangle of / [ ] squares.
• inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: By a triangulation / Drawn twice the tracing size / the model was at a distance of about / 27 feet

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

1936.153.73

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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