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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.626
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Portrait of a Young Man Seated on Grass
Other Titles
Former Title: Seated Youth
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th-20th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229531

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvasboard
Dimensions
35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on back of board: sky-[ ] Deep blue. Water same value but neutralized/ foliage solid dark oak green. Leaves/ in [ ] values. Shadow very dark almost as dark as/black [ ]/Beach [ ] neutral same value as the water in the light with shadow dark neutral/Boys and girls. [ ] blues and whites B[ ] shirt bright white [ ] values flesh bright./RO/YG green grass/in LL+ and / [ ] values/path way. Smae/value but warm neutral

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
1936.150.626
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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