Emily B. Waite Etchings of Male Portraits Including Henri Dunant
Item Details
Three etchings on paper by noted artist Emily B. Waite (1887-1980). The small work from 1942 depicts Henri Dunant (1828-1910), founder of the Red Cross and first to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The larger works depict two unidentified male in silhouette, one with a fur hat and the other with a prominent nose. All but one print are signed in graphite to lower right and all are signed in plate. 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; pinholes to edges of one of the larger prints; dried tape adhered to corners of smallest print.
Dimensions
- measures largest print; smallest print measures 5.75" W x 8" H.
Item #
17BOS128-410
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