DrawingsAmerican19th century

Nude Male Grasping Tree and other figures; verso: Study for Job (?)

1893

Artists

William RimmerArtist

Description

Spots of white gouache? at u.r. The brown crayon drawing on the verso has been crossed out in graphite.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: brown crayon and graphite

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 30.4 x 36.8 cm (11 15/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

Provenance

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.

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