Study for "Astronomy"

1892

Elihu Vedder

Associated Names
Elihu Vedder

Artist, American, 1836 - 1923

The image shows a drawing of a nude female figure seated from the hips up. The woman is leaning on her right arm, with her left arm bent and resting on her left knee. Her head is turned to the left, showing a profile view of her face. Her hair is styled with a headband and loosely tied at the back. The drawing is primarily in soft chalk on brownish paper, emphasizing the contours and shading of the body.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Rome, Italy; Anita Herriman Vedder (daughter of the artist), Rome, Italy, 1923; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1954; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 81, no. 510.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite by unknown hand: Study for Astronomy / E. Vedder

Wikidata ID

Q64558492

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