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1905

  • Work on this object began.

1959

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Nude Male Figure, Standing in Contrapposto

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated November 1905 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is pen and brown ink on cream wove 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

20.2 × 12.6 cm (7 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: NOV. / 1905

Cite this object as

Drawing, Nude Male Figure, Standing in Contrapposto; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; pen and brown ink on cream wove paper; 20.2 × 12.6 cm (7 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1959-87-28

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