Study for "Fair Leda", 1972

Not on View

Medium

graphite on wove graph paper

Dimensions

sheet: 27.94 × 43.18 cm (11 × 17 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)

Accession Number

2015.19.2759

Artists / Makers

Kenneth Snelson (artist) American, 1927 - 2016

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Inscription

upper left in graphite: Fair Leda; lower right in graphite: K. Snelson '72

Marks and Labels

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.

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

Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Honorable William H.G. Fitzgerald, Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald, a

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.