Rear View of a Skeleton

1848

Daniel Huntington

Associated Names
Daniel Huntington

Artist, American, 1816 - 1906

This is a drawing of a human skeleton from the back view. The drawing shows the skeletal structure with details, featuring the vertebral column in the center, with ribs extending outward. The pelvis, legs, joints, and individual bones down to the toes are depicted. The shading technique adds depth to the drawing, creating a three-dimensional effect. The drawing is done on brown-toned paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and chalk on wove paper laid down to board

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 42.39 × 36.04 cm (16 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.9 × 32.07 cm (19 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.)
    board: 32.07 cm (12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2483

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Spanierman Gallery, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • The Human Form: Contemporary American Figure Drawing and the Academic Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980, no. 7, repro

1981

  • Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

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. 32, no. 223.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: July 6th 1848; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: 1/3 / 1848 / 41

Markings

embossed on right: E JOHANNOT

Wikidata ID

Q64540745

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