Emily B. Waite Colored Charcoal Drawing Anatomical Study
Item Details
Pastel on paper
A pastel colored charcoal drawing on light blue paper of an anatomical study by well-known artist Emily B. Waite (1887 – 1980). The piece depicts a colored drawing of the muscular and bone structure of three unmoving figures rendered from a bust profile and posterior perspective. This drawing 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
- minor tear to paper edges; minor discoloration to paper; minuscule perforation to paper corners.
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Item #
16BOS020-396
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