Benjamin West
1738-1820
Male Nude Seated on a Rock
1783
24 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches (625 x 454 mm)
Pen and brown ink, with pink and blue watercolor, on paper; laid down.
1970.11:102
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Possible illustration for G. Minasi's "Academical Studies after Great Masters."
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink at left center, "B. West 1783".
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
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. 115, repr.
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Century Drawings
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