1936.153.181: Study for a Portrait of Louise Nathurst

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.153.181

People

Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)

Title

Study for a Portrait of Louise Nathurst

Other Titles

Former Title: Dynamic Symmetry Diagram for Portrait of a Lady (Miss Nathurst)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/307540

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
actual: 28 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR
• inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Study for portrait / of L[ouise].M.N[athurst].
• inscription: upper margin, graphite, in artist's hand: 16 x 20 inches Triangle of 2xM

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

1936.153.181

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Louise Nathurst was a cousin of the artist.

Exhibition History

• Dynamic Symmetry: A Retrospective Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/05/1961 - 03/12/1961; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 03/22/1961 - 04/19/1961; Carpenter Art Galleries, Hanover, 05/03/1961 - 05/31/1961

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