Emily B. Waite, Study of a Seated Female Nude, Oil on Unstretched Canvas

Item Details

An unstretched oil on canvas study of a seated female nude, by Emily Burling Waite (American, 1887 – 1980). The reclining figure is supported by her arms with her legs outstretched, her gaze to the left of the viewer. The verso marked “Waite.” This portrait was executed as a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where she studied from 1908 through 1910 under Philip Leslie Hale and Francis Luis Mora. In 1910 she would receive the Paige Traveling Scholarship and would travel for two years through France, Spain, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia and Italy.

Condition

Cracking and loss to paint. Back shows discoloration and staining to canvas.

Dimensions

for shipping

canvas measures 25 inches by 26 inches

Item #

17BOS009-227

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