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Study for "War and Peace"

c. 1836

Robert W. Weir

Associated Names

Robert Walter Weir

Artist, American, 1803 - 1889

The image shows a person in a full-body sketch, upright and slightly turned to the left. The person is facing sideways with their head slightly up. Their hair is styled in an updo, and they wear a long robe with voluminous sleeves and a possible cloak. The person is holding a branch in their left hand. Next to them is a large block or pedestal. The background is plain with light shading framing the figure.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and brown ink with wash on wove paper mounted to paperboard
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)
Dimensions

sheet: 30.48 × 22.38 cm (12 × 8 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.723

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Victor Spark, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1950; 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. 4

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. 6, no. 39.

Inscriptions

lower right support in black ink: R.W.W.

Wikidata ID

Q64629199

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