Worthington Jumping | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.122
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Worthington Jumping
Other Titles: Former Title: Youth Jumping
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1917
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307323

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

34.9 x 24.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, center left: DWR / 1917
inscription: u.r., graphite, signed, in artist's hand: Analysis based in the 90° 60° 30° / triangle [erased: which is / half of the equilateral / triangle.] / Drawing made / in the Maratta web. / DWR
inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Cutting from a / Newspaper

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: 1936.153.122
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: A newspaper clipping, from which this figure was copied, is pasted down to the sheet at l.r. Under the figure is the caption "Worthington-- Dartmouth."

Verification Level

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