Seated Male Nude with Right Arm Behind Him | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.154.120
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Seated Male Nude with Right Arm Behind Him
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Nude Youth Seated in Profile to the Right
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307522

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 31.6 x 24 cm (12 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR June 15
inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: From a photograph
(not assigned): The paper has been faintly pre-printed with compositional lines. Printed at lower edge in brown: THE WEB OF EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES, HEXAGONS AND RECTANGLES / COPYRIGHTED 1915, BY H. G. MARATTA, NEW YORK, N.Y.

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: 1936.154.120
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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