1936.109.27: Allen Parker

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.109.27

People

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

Title

Allen Parker

Other Titles

Former Title: Youth Resting Head on Table

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1931

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/311460

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on back: DWR, Signed Date: 1931
• inscription: on front, upper left, paint: RO; painted over the following: Wt G/CG/HS Inv
• inscription: on back, top member of stretcher: DWR
• inscription: on sheet of paper tucked into stretcher: David White/Later Allen Parker/See a number of photographs/composition in V2-Sq. 90° 45° 22 1/2/Palette/Wt/H L + Y N V/Llt O N B/H Dk R N G/L Dk V N Y/Blk/Wholly repainted with this palette/DWR February 1931
• inscription: on a separate piece of paper tucked into stretcher: Model David White/see photograph/Later Allen Parker/Palette Wt Wt/Lt RO N G Lt/M RO N G M/Ck RO N G Dk/Blk Blk Blk/ Z Wt Wt/Bt Sien Cad O Wt GO+C Wt/Bt Sien Cad O GO + C Wt/Bt Sien Cad O GO + C Wt/B Blk Blk/Over several under paintings/DWR/Feb 14th 1931

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

1936.109.27

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

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