Two Nudes, for "Anatomy for Artists" | Harvard Art Museums

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1962.267
People: Reginald Marsh, American (Paris, France 1898 - 1954 Dorset, VT)
Title: Two Nudes, for "Anatomy for Artists"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1945
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308644

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on thin off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 28 x 21.7 cm (11 x 8 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: [Esleeck?] / FIDELITY ONION SKIN
inscription: in image, u.l., black ink, in artist's hand: [with arrows pointing to figures:] After / Michelangelo
inscription: u.l., graphite: 15
inscription: lower center, in image, graphite: 109

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mrs. Reginald Marsh, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Reginald Marsh
Copyright: © Estate of Reginald Marsh / Art Students League, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year: 1962
Object Number: 1962.267
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Reginald Marsh, Anatomy for Artists, American Artists Group (New York, NY, 1945), figures at u.l. repr. p. 15; figure at l.r. repr. p. 109

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