1988.451: Sketchbook

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1988.451

People

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

Title

Sketchbook

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook

Date

1982-1983

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309785

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Sketchbook with black-leather-covered cardboard covers

Dimensions

actual: 35.7 x 28.2 x 1.8 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/8 x 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: rear pastedown, green pencil: 7.25

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Raphael Soyer, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1988.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Raphael Soyer

Accession Year

1988

Object Number

1988.451

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Sketchbook with black-leather-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block. Pages of white wove paper, each 34.7 x 27.1 cm. Pages numbered at l.l. of verso in graphite. Drawings in graphite and vertically oriented unless otherwise described.

p. 1: gr, u.l.: (580-8516) / CROLIE PIERCE / 233 W. 83rd (6B) / N.Y.C 10024
center rt: 1982-3

p. 2: Man and Woman (Vertical); Female Portrait Study (Horizontal)
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 3: Nat Messik.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 4: Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 5: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 6: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 7: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 8: Three Studies of Standing Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 9: Two Studies of Standing Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[pp. 8, 9, 44 same model and pose]

p. 10: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 11: Seated Female and Three Stylized Figures.
[similar to that on p. 55]
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
l.r.: R.S.

p. 12: Two Studies of a Standing Female Nude.
l.r.: R.S.

p. 13: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 14: Seated Female Nude. Pastel and graphite.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
oil stain? At center right, colored over.

p. 15: Two Studies of Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal. Graphite and pastel.
l.r.: RAPHAEL

p. 16: Male Portrait Study (Aaron Cohen).
u.r.: of / Aaron / Cohen

p. 17: Two Studies of Reclining Females. Horizontal.
center left: of / Nancy Rica / Schiff
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 18: Study of Man and Woman Kissing.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 19: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 20: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 21: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 22: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 23: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 24: Man and Woman Kissing.
l.r.: R.S
yellow-brown oil stain at l.r.

p. 25: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 26: Seated Female. Black felt-tip.
gr., l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 27: Two Studies of a Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 28: Two Studies of a Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 29: Two Studies of a Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 30: Seated Female. Black felt-tip.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 31: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
smudged fingerprints l.r.

p. 32: Seated Female. Graphite and charcoal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[pp. 19-23, 26, 30-31 are same model and pose]

p. 33: Seated Female Nude. Graphite and black crayon.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 34: Female Nude Curled on her Side. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 35: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 36: Two Male Portrait Heads. Charcoal and graphite.

p. 37: Three Male Portrait Heads.
center right: of Budin
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 38: Female Nude Leaning over a Sink. Charcoal and graphite.

p. 39: Seated Female Nude. Horizontal..
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 40: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 41: Reclining Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 42: Female Nude on her Side. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 43: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 44: Standing Female Holding Towel. Charcoal and graphite.
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[pp. 8, 9, 44 same model and pose]

p. 45: Reclining Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 46: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 47: Two Male Portrait Studies (Self-Portraits?). Black crayon.
Graphite, l.r.: R.S.

p. 48: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 49: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal. Brown crayon.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 50: Two Studies of a Reclining Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
DRAWN UPSIDE DOWN FROM ORIENTATION OF BOOK.

p. 51: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 52: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 53: Prone Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 54: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 55: Seated Female Nude and Four Stylized Heads.
[similar to those on p. 11]
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 56: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 57: Prone Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 58: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 59: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 60: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 61: Nude Woman on Mans Lap.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 62: Studies of Man and Woman Embracing.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 63: Male Portrait Study.
[possibly Nat Messik from p. 3?]
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 64: Reclining Female. Horizontal. Charcoal.
graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 65: Seated Female. Charcoal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 66: Two Studies of Standing Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 67: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 68: Man and Woman Embracing. Black crayon.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 69: Head Study, Male Portrait Study, Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 70: Seated Female Nude. Charcoal.

p. 71: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.

p. 72: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 73: Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.

p. 74: Prone Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 75: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 76: Studies of a Female Nude Lying Curled Up. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 77: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 78: Seated Female and Two Head Studies. Graphite and black crayon.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 79: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[pp. 78-79 are same model and pose]

p. 80: Standing Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 81: Standing Female.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 82: Standing Female Nude.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 83: Standing Female. Pastel, charcoal, and graphite
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[pp. 80-83, 97-100 are same model and pose]

p. 84: Man and Woman Embracing.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 85: Man and Woman Embracing. Pastel and black crayon.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 86: Man and Woman Embracing.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 87: Man and Woman.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 88: Man and Woman Embracing. Pastel and graphite.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 89: Man and Woman Embracing. Pastel and graphite.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same couple, pp. 84-89]

p. 90: Seated Female (Nancy Rica Schiff).
l.r.: of / NANCY / R. SCHIFF
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 91: Standing Female (Nancy Rica Schiff)
center right: of / NANCY RICA / SCHIFF
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 92: Male Portrait (Irving Messik).
center right: of / Irving / Messik
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 93: Male Portrait (Irving Messik). V
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 94: Male Portrait (Irving Messik).
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 95: Male Portrait.
center right: of / [Budin?]
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 96: Male Portrait (Warren Robbins)
u.r.: of / WARREN / ROBBINS
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 97: Standing Female.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 98: Standing Female.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 99: Standing Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 100: Standing Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[pp. 80-83, 97-100 are same model and pose]

p. 101: Studies of Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 102: Seated Female Nude (Nancy Rica Schiff).
l.r.: of / Nancy R. / Schiff
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 103: Seated Female Nude (Nancy Rica Schiff).
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 104: Female Head and Figure Studies. Horizontal. Black ink and graphite.
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
Smudge of brown pastel? In two spots on page.

PAGE TORN OUT.

p. 105: Male and Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

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