1936.10.27: Nude Male, for "Sadak...", and Seated Figure; verso: Figure and Animal Sketches
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1936.10.27
- People
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William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
- Title
- Nude Male, for "Sadak...", and Seated Figure; verso: Figure and Animal Sketches
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Study for "Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion;" verso: Figure and animal sketches
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1867-1868
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/306610
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Blue ink on paper on lined wove paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 12.7 cm (8 1/16 x 5 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: black ink, l.r: WR
- inscription: verso, black ink: W Rimmer
- inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: Father for Carrie
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- From the artist to his daughter Caroline Hunt Rimmer, at his death, 1879; to her niece Edith Rimmer Durham Simonds, 1918; purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
- Accession Year
- 1936
- Object Number
- 1936.10.27
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Sketched on a sheet of Cooper Union letterhead; sketch of building at u.l., headed "Cooper Union, for the Advancement of Science [part obscured by drawing] / New York."
Publication History
- Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 113, p. 884, illus. 186; verso: no. 114, p. 885, illus. 187
Verification Level
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