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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Half-Draped Female Nude
Black chalk on paper, with traces of red chalk along the vertical crease.
6 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (163 x 115 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:196
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Watermark: cartouche inscribed C L and Colle (similar to Heawood 3289).
Study for the lost painting "William de Albanac Presenting His Three Daughters to Alfred III, King of Mercia".
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. 19, repr.
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