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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Standing Male Figure and Other Sketches. Verso: Drapery study
Black and white chalk, on blue paper faded to gray; verso: black and white chalk.
15 1/8 x 14 inches (385 x 357 mm);
Purchased as a Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:57
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Studies for "The Ascension," ca. 1781-82, originally painted for the King's Chapel at Windsor, now at the War Memorial Chapel, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina.
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:
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. 23, repr.
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