About the Artwork
Nudes
ca. 1945
Jared French
1905-1988
American
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Graphite pencil on off-white wove paper
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 11 7/8 inches (27.6 × 30.2 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Bequest of Jerome I. Smith
F81.233
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Inscribed, in pencil, upper left, in border: listening | hearing [with downward pointing arrow below] Inscribed, upper right corner, in border: Wisdom and Stupidity [struck through] Inscribed, upper right edge, in border: "Wisdom | and | Unwisdo [struck through, cropped] Inscribed, upper right edge, border: Lost tou[...] | the back[...] | gloom [...] Inscribed, upper right edge, border: Possibly a l[...] | lighter m[...] | top edge Inscribed, center right edge, border: 3/4 | lighter at | horizon Inscribed, lower right: 100.__ | small figure with light on it from the right Inscribed, lower center, under image: [arrow pointing upwards] | this | one | the | same | as | the | right | hand | one Inscribed, lower, center, border: but hand hides face? Inscribed, lower left, border: [arrow pointing to question mark] | [arrow pointing upwards] | Do this one next Inscribed, in red chalk, lower right: cut down on ideosyncracies | the figures are too far apart - move them | together
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Jerome I. Smith;1981-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jared French, Nudes, ca. 1945, graphite pencil on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Jerome I. Smith, F81.233.
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