Emily B. Waite Etchings of a Male Profile With a Shaving Brush

Item Details

A Collection of Etchings of a man in profile with a Shaving Brush by Emily B. Waite (1887-1980). These two etchings on paper depict the profile of a man holding a shaving brush near his chin as if to apply shaving cream. The pieces are signed by the artist in plate to the lower left and lower right. The pieces are signed by the artist in graphite beneath 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

- tack holes along edges of both prints; adhesive on lower corners of both prints; toning throughout both prints.

Dimensions

- measures larger print paper; visible image measures 7.75" W x 10.0" H; smaller print paper measures 10.0" W x 12.75" H x 0.1" D; visible image measures 8.0" W x 10.0" H.

Item #

17BOS128-432