Reclining Male Nude | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.169
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Reclining Male Nude
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Nude Youth Lying on the Floor
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1926
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307457

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

25.5 x 35.6 cm (10 1/16 x 14 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR Dec 1926
inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Drawn from life / with the triangle of a ²2 Rectangle / Pose suggested by a painting / of Velasquez in a private / collection at Stockholm. / see International Studio / November 1926
inscription: upper center, graphite, in artist's hand: The least angle / bisected
watermark: WA[RD'S] BOSTON BOND

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: 1936.153.169
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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