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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Male Nude Seated on a Rock
1783
Pen and brown ink, with pink and blue watercolor, on paper; laid down.
24 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches (625 x 454 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:102
Inscription:
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink at left center, "B. West 1783".
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.
Bibliography:
Kraemer, Ruth S. Drawings by Benjamin West and his son Raphael Lamar West. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 115, repr.
Notes:
Possible illustration for G. Minasi's "Academical Studies after Great Masters."
Associated names:
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
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