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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.153.187
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
John Feeney
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Head of a Youth Turned toward the Right
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1925
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307396

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 28.1 x 21.8 cm (11 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR / 1925
  • inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: John Feeney / Composition in 90° and 45° / "Painting" in Black and White
  • inscription: center right, graphite, in artist's hand: Scale of Values. Black lead on / white paper with / eraser to recover / the white
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, erased, in artist's hand: Black lead, white paper / and an eraser to recover / the white
  • watermark: WIRELESS BOND [with design of quadripartite circle]

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
1936.153.187
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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