Study for "Fair Leda"
1972
Artist, American, 1927 - 2016
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on wove graph paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
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Dimensions
sheet: 27.94 × 43.18 cm (11 × 17 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.2759
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; 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. 236, no. 1574.
Inscriptions
upper left in graphite: Fair Leda; lower right in graphite: K. Snelson '72
Markings
printed lower left: K + E Albanene ® Guide Line 10 5643 / Non Reproducible 10 x 10 to the inch; printed lower right: Keuffel & Esser Co. / Made in U.S.A.
Wikidata ID
Q64592533