Emily B. Waite Self Portrait Etching on Paper
Item Details
A self portrait, etching on paper portrait of the well-listed artist Emily B. Waite (1887 – 1980). Depicted is the artist as a middle-aged woman wearing lipstick, blouse, and beaded necklace. This piece is signed in graphite to the lower right corner. Presented under glass in cream tone mat and silver tone composite frame.
Emily B. Waite is best known for her oil portraits, still life paintings, and etchings. She began her formal artistic training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where she studied from 1908 through 1910 under Philip Leslie Hale and Francis Luis Mora. In 1910 she received the Paige Traveling Scholarship and traveled extensively for two years throughout France, Spain, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, and Italy, studying and copying master paintings. Waite’s work is represented in the collections of numerous distinguished institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C.; and the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., among many others. This work was deaccessioned from the Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA. Proceeds from the sale of this item will go to benefit the museum.
Condition
- minor wear to frame; piece is loose in frame; tears in paper backing.
Dimensions
- measured in the frame; plate size: 6" W x 8" H
Item #
16BOS020-350
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