1936.153.214: Male Head
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1936.153.214
- People
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Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
- Title
- Male Head
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Head of a Man
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 19th-20th century
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/307407
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- actual: 28.1 x 22 cm (11 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Symmetry / in XM
- 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
- 1936.153.214
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Pinned to the l.r. of the drawing with a straight pin is a newspaper clipping with a photo, on which the drawing is based. The caption does not name the subject, but reads as follows: "Delegates Will See Much of Florida en Route To and From St. Petersburg, and Many Will Make the After convention Trip to Havana. Thirty-six investment bankers of Boston, three of Providence, and one of Portland, eleven of them accompanied by their [ ]"
Verification Level
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