Raphael Lamar West
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Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850
Fallen Nude Man in Distress
Black chalk on paper.
6 1/2 x 8 3/16 inches (165 x 208 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:130
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Watermark: upper half of VII.
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. 230.
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