Emily B. Waite Pastel on Paper Portrait of a Woman
Item Details
Pastel on paper
A pastel drawing on paper portrait of a woman by well-known artist Emily B. Waite (1887 – 1980) created in 1923. Depicted is a woman wearing a garment with cap sleeves and her hair styled in a bun. This piece is signed in black pastel along the bottom of the drawing near the lower right corner. This work is presented unframed.
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 edges of paper; torn on upper right corner.
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Item #
16BOS020-372
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