Emily B. Waite Etchings "The Crowe Nest" and "The Sun Room"
Item Details
A Collection of Etchings titled The Crowe Nest and The Sun Room by Emily B. Waite (1887-1980). This collection of two etchings on paper depict early 20th century European rooms with columns, high ceilings, bay windows allowing sunlight to dazzle the floor and walls, and resting people. The pieces are signed by the artist in plate to the lower left and lower center. One piece is signed by the artist in graphite beneath the plate mark to the lower right. They are presented in a plastic sleeve.
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 throughout both prints; tack holes along edges of larger print paper.
Dimensions
- measures largest print paper; visible image measures 5.0" W x 7.0" H; smaller print paper measures 5.25" W x 7.5" H x 0.1" D; visible image measures 3.0" W x 4.0" H.
Item #
17BOS128-416