1938.125: Denman W. Ross (1853-1935)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1938.125

People

Kanji Nakamura, American (Nagasaki, Japan 1887 - 1932 Boston, MA)

Title

Denman W. Ross (1853-1935)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Portrait of Dr. Denman W. Ross

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1928

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230510

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
framed: 37.2 x 32.4 x 4.8 cm (14 5/8 x 12 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: verso: l.r.: Kanji Namamura 1928
• inscription: On back of panel: Portrait of Denman W. Ross May 1928

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Kanji Nakamura, sold(?) to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1928, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1938

Object Number

1938.125

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Malcolm Haslam, "Malcolm Haslam examines the ideas and influence of Denman Ross", Crafts: Decorative and Applied Arts, ed. Geraldine Rudge, The Crafts Council (London, England, November 2003 - December 2003), pp. 22-23, repr. in b/w
• Benedict Cuddon, "A field pioneered by amateurs: The collecting and display of Islamic art in early twentieth-century Boston", Muqarnas, Yale University Press (New Haven, 2014), Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp. 14-15, fig. 1, ill. (b/w)

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