Harvard Art Museums > 1936.153.159: Profile Portrait of a Woman Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Profile Portrait of a Woman (Denman Waldo Ross) , 1936.153.159,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307431. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1936.153.159 People Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England) Title Profile Portrait of a Woman Other Titles Alternate Title: Profile Portrait of a Woman Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1923 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307431 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on heavy buff card Dimensions image: 52 x 36.6 cm (20 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.) actual: 56.2 x 38.5 cm (22 1/8 x 15 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, lower margin: DWR Aug 16 1923 inscription: lower margin, graphite, in artist's hand: Composition in .618 + .809 = 1.427 / Drawn with the XM Triangle. 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 1936.153.159 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Verso shows a preliminary sketch of the same figure, with mathematical calculations. Exhibition History Dynamic Symmetry: A Retrospective Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/05/1961 - 03/12/1961; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 03/22/1961 - 04/19/1961; Carpenter Art Galleries, Hanover, 05/03/1961 - 05/31/1961 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
