Side Roll, Study for The Wrestlers

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.154.37
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Side Roll, Study for The Wrestlers
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Study of Two Youths Wrestling
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1906
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307515

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

35.5 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)
photo: 12.6 x 17.8 cm (4 15/16 x 7 in.)
image: 12.8 x 19.7 cm (5 1/16 x 7 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, center right: DWR Dec 1st 1906
inscription: below image, graphite, in artist's hand: Study for the Wrestlers. 'Side roll'

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: 1936.154.37
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This is copied from a photograph of two boys wrestling, which is mounted below the sketch.

Verification Level

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