Emily B. Waite Etchings of Male Portraits
Item Details
Four etchings on paper by noted artist Emily B. Waite (1887-1980). Two of the works depict a seated man in a suit with a book in his lap, possibly from the same image. They are dated 1918 and 1965. One depicts the head and shoulders of an older man in a suit, dated 1964, and marked ‘First State’ to the lower left. The last work dated 1917 depicts American filmmaker and world traveler, Elias Burton Holmes (1870-1958), in a Korean costume. The pieces are signed in graphite to lower right.
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; pinholes and wear to edges.
Dimensions
- measures largest print; smaller prints measures 10" W x 12.5 H.
Item #
17BOS128-409
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