Study for "Ona Willa Barnet"

c. 1975

Will Barnet

Associated Names
Will Barnet

Artist, American, 1911 - 2012

The image is a line drawing of a person's upper body shown in profile view. The subject is seated and has their head resting on their left hand, with their elbow on a surface. Their right arm extends forward, with the hand resting on an open book in front of them. The person has long, smooth hair that goes past the shoulders and loops at the end. Their face is outlined with a few lines indicating the nose, a single eye, and a closed mouth. The person appears to be wearing a long-sleeved garment. The background is plain and unadorned. The artist's signature "Will Barnet" is visible in the bottom right corner of the image.
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Artwork overview


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. 207, no. 1394.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Will Barnet

Wikidata ID

Q64635972

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