Emily B. Waite Etchings of Amiens and Paris
Item Details
Four etchings on paper by noted artist Emily B. Waite (1887-1980). These works depict Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris from two angles and Church of Saint-Leu and La Rue des Tanneurs in Amiens, France. The pieces are all signed in graphite to the lower right. They are presented unframed and unmatted.
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
- toning to prints and wear to edges.
Dimensions
- measures widest print; narrowest print measures 5.5" W x 12" H.
Item #
17BOS128-413
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