DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Herbert Parker

19th-20th century

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Description

Compositional diagram drawn on verso. A newspaper clipping is paper-clipped to the upper right of the drawing, with the photo from which the drawing was copied. The caption identifies the subject.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28 x 21.7 cm (11 x 8 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

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