Untitled [Standing Figure with Knee on Chair] [preparatory drawing]

2002

William Bailey

Associated Names
William Bailey

Artist, American, 1930 - 2020

The image depicts two women. The woman in the foreground is standing with one hand on her hip and the other resting on the back of a chair. She appears unclothed with long, straight hair. The second woman is seated to the left, leaning slightly forward with one elbow on her knee and reaching towards her foot as if adjusting her shoe. She has long hair flowing over her shoulders and is wearing a skirt and a top. The background shows a minimal indoor studio setting with an easel and rectangular shapes suggesting artwork or windows on a wall. The sketch is done with soft pencil strokes that emphasize the figures and the light and shadows around them.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper [preparatory drawing]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.5 × 25.4 cm (12 × 10 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 35.4 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.132.116

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    [preparatory drawing]

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