Toscha Seidel Playing the Violin | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.172
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Toscha Seidel Playing the Violin
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Study of a Man Playing the Violin
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307387

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on darkened off-white wove paper

Dimensions

image: 23.3 x 16.5 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
actual: 28 x 22 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower margin, graphite, in artist's hand: From a photograph of Toscha Seidel / Composition in ²2

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: 1936.153.172
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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

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1936.153.172: Toscha Seidel Playing the Violin