Emily Waite Pastel Drawing Facial Anatomical Study

Item Details

Titled Unknown
Pastel on paper
Unsigned

Emily B. Waite (American, 1887 – 1980)
Anatomical study, circa 1908 – 1910
Pastel and charcoal on paper
Unsigned

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.

Provenance
This work was deaccessioned from the Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA. Note that this item does not come with a certificate of authenticity.

Condition

- minor tear to paper edges; minor discoloration to paper; minuscule perforation to paper corners; the overall quality of the antique paper is thin and delicate; item will be shipped in a tube, rolled.

Dimensions

Item #

16BOS020-395-001