Nude Study

1860s-1870s

William P. Babcock

Associated Names
William Perkins Babcock

Artist, American, 1826 - 1899

There is a drawing of a seated individual facing left with a slightly tilted head, one knee bent upwards. The upper body and arms of the figure are visible, with a profile face showing delicate features and hair styled back neatly. The person is minimally draped with loose fabric around the lower body, and the torso and arms are bare. In the background, there are faint outlines of an abstract form at the top left and a sketch of a hand at the right, with the rest of the backdrop mostly plain.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Brodney Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1951; 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. 41, no. 286.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Studies of Nude, drapery, and Hand. / TL 7669.173 W. P. Babcock

Wikidata ID

Q64639014

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