1983.20: Sketchbook

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1983.20

People

Raphael Soyer, American (Borisoglebsk, Russia 1899 - 1987 New York, NY)

Title

Sketchbook

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook

Date

c. 1938

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309389

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Spiral-bound sketchbook with blue cardboard covers

Dimensions

actual: 32.2 x 25 x 1 cm (12 11/16 x 9 13/16 x 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• manufacturer's mark: l.r., blue ink, printed: Marque déposée / LA RELIURE SPIRALE / FABRICATION FRANÇAISE /[design of butterfly with RS on open spiral notebook] / PARIS / Brevete France et Etranger / No. 1275
• manufacturer's mark: l.r., blue ink, stamped: MADE IN FRANCE
• inscription: cover, brown ink, in artist's hand: Raphael Soyer / Home address 403 W. 115th St. / Studio 1 Union Sq. / New York
• inscription: inside front cover, graphite: 57 Drawings by Raphael Soyer / Marked 1 to 57 / [initials-- LM?] / Mar 5, 1961 / [initials-- LM?]
• manufacturer's mark: l.l. of cover, blue ink: ESQUISSE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Raphael Soyer, New York, New York, sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Arnold, New York, New York, 1939, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Emil Arnold

Accession Year

1983

Object Number

1983.20

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Spiral-bound sketchbook with blue cardboard covers. 58 pages of ivory wove paper, 32 x 23.5 cm,. each numbered in graphite, but third page is not numbered, so subsequent numbering thrown off. Drawings in graphite and vertical unless otherwise noted.

Commentary

1R: Head studies, architectural studies? Horizontal.
u.l.: [crossed off: Ella] Lila Mazur / 647 Jefferson Pl. / Bx N.Y.
black ink, u.l.: Monastral Blue / Oxide of Chromium
graphite, l.r.: 1

Page is loose from binding. Losses to right edge; l.r.c. missing.

1V: blue ballpoint, upper edge [written upside down from book]: Notre Dame please? #50, #16

Smudges of brown wash at center of page.

2R: Figures Seated on a Bench. Horizontal
left edge [written vertically]: Jack Tower / 146 Morris Ave / Bronx / N.Y.
graphite, l.r.: 2

3R: Seated Figure and Head Study. Horizontal. Graphite, erased.

4R: Standing Female Nude.
graphite, u.r.: 3

5R: Four Studies of Arshile Gorky.
lower center: GORKY / by / RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 4

6R: Standing Female Nude and Two Head Studies.
center right: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 5

7R: Standing Female Nude.
center right: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 6

Page is almost loose from binding. Graphite smudged at u.l.

8R: Two Sketches of Standing Female Nude from Behind.
center right: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 7

Page is loose from binding.

9R: Two Sketches of Standing Female Nude
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 8

10R: Sketches of a Female Nude; Face with Glasses.
l.r.: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 9

11R: Female Nude and Sketches of her Head.
l.r.: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 10
upper edge: Weinstock / 249 1/2 E. 13

12R: Standing Female Nude.
center right: R. S.
graphite, u.r.: 11

13R: Moses Soyer.
center right: R. S.
red pencil, center right: Moses Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 12

14R: Two Studies of a Female Nude.
center right: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 13

15R: Two Studies of a Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 14

16R: Female Nude from Behind.
center right: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 15

17R: Portrait Sketches of Arshile Gorky
center: Portrait of Gorky
lower center: RAPHAEL Soyer
red pencil, l.l.: ARSHILE GORKY
graphite, u.r.: 16

Hair embedded at l.l.: paintbrush? artist?

18R: Three Studies of a Female Nude. Brown ink and wash.
center right: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 17

19R: Two Studies of a Female Nude.
center right: R.S.
graphite, u.r.: 18

Dog-ear crease at l.l.c.

20R: Female Nude Holding her Breast.
center right: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 19

21R: Two Studies of a Standing Female Nude. Brown ink and wash.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 20

22R: Three Studies of a Female Nude. Brown ink and graphite. Horizontal.
upper center: R. S.
graphite, u.l.: 21

23R: Two Studies of a Female Nude. Brown ink and wash. Horizontal.
center: R. Soyer
graphite, u.l.: 22


24R: Female Nude. Brown ink and wash.
center right: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 23

25R: Two Studies of a Female Nude. Brown ink and wash.
center right: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 24

26R: Portrait of Arshile Gorky; Partially Dressed Standing Female. Brown ink and wash.
center: RAPHAEL Soyer
center: GORKY
graphite, u.r.: 25

26V: Female Head.

27R: Two Females. Brown ink and wash.
l.r.: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 26

28R: Two Partially Dressed Females. Brown ink and wash.
l.l.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 27

28V: Female Nude. Graphite.

29R: Standing Female Nude; Partially Dressed Female. Brown ink and wash.
center right: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 28

30R: Two Partially Dressed Women. Brown ink and wash.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 29

31R: Female Head and Torso. Brown ink and wash.
center right: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 30

32R: Standing Partially Dressed Female. Brown ink and wash
center right: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 31

33R: Two Studies of Standing Female Nude. Brown ink and wash.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 32

34R: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.:33

35R: Seated Female Nude and Sketch of her Head.
center: R.S.
graphite, u.r.: 34

36R: Standing Female Nude. Brown ink and wash.
center right: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 35
37R: Three Standing Female Nudes. Brown ink and wash.
lower center: RAPHAEL / Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 36

38R: Two Studies of a Female with Towel Around Hips. Brown ink and wash.
lower center: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 37

39R: Two Studies of a Female Nude.
center right: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 38

40R: Reclining Female. Brown ink and wash. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, l.r.: 39

41R: Portrait Heads of American Artists Group. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
lower edge: American Artists Group
u.r.: Saturday 4-30 / Kuniyoshi
in image, under heads: Kuniyoshi; Crisp; Julian Levi; [Lozovic?]
graphite, u.r.: 40
[Presumably sketches of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1893-1953; Julian Levi, 1900-1982; Arthur Watkins Crisp, 1881 -?; and possibly Louis Lozowick, 1892-1973?]

42R: Study of a Seated Female with Three Studies of her Head. Brown ink and wash.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 41

43R: Studies of Partially Dressed Women.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 42

44R: Female with Open Blouse.
center right: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 43

45R: Two Studies of a Woman Undressing. Brown ink and wash.
lower edge: RAPHAEL / Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 44

46R: Female Nude Leaning Over. Brown ink and wash.
l.r.: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 45

47R: Standing Woman with Towel. Brown ink and wash.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 46

48R: Standing Female Nude and Standing Partially Dressed Nude. Brown ink and wash.
lower center: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 47

48V: Sketch of a Standing Female Nude. Graphite.


49R: Standing Female; Seated Female; Saul Schary. Brown ink and wash.
lower center: RAPHAEL / Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 48
Saul Schary (1904 – 1978) was an artist.

50R: Two Studies of a Partially Dressed Female; Caricatured Male Head.
l.r.: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 49

51R: Two Studies of a Standing Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 50

52R: Three Studies of a Female Nude. Brown ink and wash.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 51

53R: Reclining Female Nude.
center right: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 52

54R: Two Studies of a Female Nude.
l.l.: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 53

55R: Two Reclining Female Nudes. Horizontal.
l.l.: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 54

56R: Two Studies of a Female Nude. Brown ink and wash. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 55

57R: Reclining Female Nude with Towel. Brown ink and wash. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 56

58R: Standing Female Nude; Standing Female; Female Head. Brown ink and graphite.
l.r.: R. Soyer
graphite, u.r.: 57

Exhibition History

• Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006

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