Emily B. Waite Graphite Drawing of an Anatomical Study
Item Details
Graphite on paper
A graphite drawing of an anatomical study by well-known artist Emily B. Waite (1887 – 1980). Depicted is graphite drawing of the profiles of a man’s face while to the reverse is the full body composition of the man. This piece is presented unsigned and unframed. The drawing was executed while a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1908 – 1910).
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
- to fair; tear along bottom and upper portion of paper towards the middle; wear to edges of paper.
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Item #
16BOS020-376
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