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Untitled [Standing Figure with Knee on Chair] [working proof 3]

2002

William Bailey

Associated Names

William Bailey

Artist, American, 1930 - 2020

The image depicts two figures in a monochromatic palette with delicate shading. In the foreground, a nude person stands with one hand on a chair and the other on their hip. The second person is seated slightly to the right, partially clothed. The room has minimal decoration.

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Artwork overview

Medium

soft ground etching with watercolor and colored pencil additions on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

plate: 29.8 × 25.2 cm (11 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 42.5 × 35.6 cm (16 3/4 × 14 in.)
Accession Number

2024.132.113
Catalogue Raisonné

[working proof 3]

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated. "(standing figure with knee on chair) / Bailey, Untitled, Unpublished WP3" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

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