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1906

  • Work on this object began.

1959

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Standing Male Nude

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated January 11, 1906 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is black, white, and red chalk on grey paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Robert I. Aitken. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken.

Its dimensions are

23.1 × 14 cm (9 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped, lower center: Photograph by / ARNOLD GENTHE; Verso: stamped in monogram: AG

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red pastel, lower right: Jan 11 - 1906 / Paris / from life

Cite this object as

Drawing, Standing Male Nude; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; black, white, and red chalk on grey paper; 23.1 × 14 cm (9 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1959-87-13

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