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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Ecorché Leg. Verso: Fragment of compositional sketch (perhaps for a Nativity or an Adoration)
Black and white chalk, on blue paper.
10 1/16 x 5 11/16 inches (256 x 145 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:99
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Provenance:
Estate of the artist; by descent; Harry Margary, the great-grandson of Maria West (daughter of Raphael Lamar West, and granddaughter of Benjamin West); Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London; from whom purchased 60 drawings, 17 June 1964, and 197 drawings, 15 February 1965, by M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.; from whom purchased 257 drawings by the Morgan Library in 1970.
Associated names:
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography:
Kraemer, Ruth S. Drawings by Benjamin West and His Son, Raphael Lamar West. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 130.
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