Harvard Art Museums > 1936.153.184: Male Head in Profile Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Male Head in Profile (Denman Waldo Ross) , 1936.153.184,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307441. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1936.153.184 People Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England) Title Male Head in Profile Other Titles Alternate Title: Profile Head of a Man Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1925 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307441 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions actual: 28 x 21.4 cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR / Dec 27 1925 watermark: WIRELESS BOND [with design of quadripartite circle] inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: [ ] is very naturally and logically / and with experience. We draw on a [form?[ and / come to our conclusions. And [superscript: with experience] [ ] / in the routines of life ignoring and forgetting / the [superscript: [two words, illeg.]] and premises upon which [superscript: it all rests and upon which] we are [ ] . / [crossed off: The sense [improves?] which are the / basis and foundation of it all.] It is / to call the [attention?] of the student to this [crossed off: what he really sees] [experience?] [superscript: If that we really see] [ ] the [facts?] of vision / the main purpose of what we / call our Study Series is to call the / attention of the student that is pure / of vision to the facts of vision, to what / we really see, but rarely stop to consider. 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 1936.153.184 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
