1988.453: Sketchbook

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1988.453

People

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

Title

Sketchbook

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook

Date

1987

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309794

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Sketchbook with blue- and black-fabric-covered cardboard covers

Dimensions

actual: 28.8 x 22.3 x 2.5 cm (11 5/16 x 8 3/4 x 1 in.)

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

1988.453

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Sketchbook with blue- and black-fabric-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block; pages of off-white wove paper, each 27.6 x 21.6 cm. Each sheet numbered on verso at l.l. Drawings in graphite and vertically oriented unless otherwise described.

p.1: RAPHAEL / SOYER / 1987

P. 2: Seated Female. Graphite and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

PAGE THREE TORN OUT—NUMBERING SKIPS TO "4."

p. 3: Female Nude (to waist) and head sketch. Black ink.
Graphite, l.r.: R.S.

p. 4: Seated Female. Graphite and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same model and pose as p. 2]

p.. 5: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 6: Seated Male (Nat Messik).
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
u.r.: of / Nat / Messik

p. 7: Seated Male (Nat Messik).
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 8: Madonna with Sleeping Child, after Mantegna.
l.r.: from / Mantegna
Original is at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, and dates to c. 1465-70.

p. 9: Reclining Nude. Horizontal. Graphite and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER
Verso, graphite: Feb 7 / 1 – 4 / 21 w. 72 / Apt 4D / 362-8952

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

p. 11: Female Head and Torso.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same model as previous page.]

p. 12: Raphael Soyer, by Lambro Ahlas
center left: by / Lambro / of / me
u.r.: "Yes this is the / face I shave"/ * / * / am quoting / Ralf [sic] Waldo / Emerson / who said this / upon seeing / the bust made / of him by Daniel / Chester French.
l.r.: Lambro Ahlas / Jan 30, 1987 / drawing of / Raphael Soyer

p. 13: Stylized Head Sketches. Graphite and silver ink.

p. 14: Two Sketches of Sleeping Woman. Graphite and charcoal. Horizontal.

p. 15: Portrait Sketch.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 18]

p. 16: Self-Portrait. Charcoal.
Graphite, u.r.: Self / Portrait / Vinalhaven / Maine
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 17: Self-Portrait.
u.r.: Self / Portrait / Vinalhaven / Maine
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 18: Portrait Study.
l.r.: R.S.
[same sitter as p. 15]

p. 19: Female Portrait Study (Harriet)
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 21]

p. 20: Reclining Female (Rebecca Soyer). Horizontal.
u.r.: Rebecca / taking / a nap / in Venice / Ca.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 21: Female Portrait Study (Harriet)
u.r.: Harriet
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 10]

p. 22: Female Portrait Study (Elisa)
u.r.: Elisa
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 23: Female Portrait Study (Joyce Freiman). Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, center right: of / Joyce / Freiman / Los Angeles
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 24: Female Portrait Study (Rebecca Soyer)
l.r.: of / Rebecca / RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 25: Male Portrait Study (Lambro)
center right: Lambro
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 26: Female Nude from Behind.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 27: Portrait Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 29]

p. 28: Seated Female Nude.

p. 29: Portrait Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 27]

p. 30: Portrait Study (Nancy [Rica Schiff?] and Rebecca Soyer). Graphite and black crayon.
Graphite, center right: of / Nancy / and / Rebecca / in / Venice / Ca.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 31: Seated Female. Graphite and black crayon.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 32: Seated Female. Graphite and black crayon.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 33: Seated Female. Graphite and black crayon.

p. 34: Seated Female Nude. Black ink, gray wash, and graphite. Horizontal.

p. 35: Seated Female Nude. Black ink and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 36: Two Standing Female Nudes. Black crayon and graphite.
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 37: Seated Female. Black crayon and graphite.
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 38: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 39: Seated Female, Nude to Waist.
[same model and pose as p. 39]

p. 40: Seated Female, Nude to Waist. Black crayon and graphite.
[same model and pose as p. 39]

p. 41: Seated Female. Black ink.

p. 42: Standing Female. Black ink and graphite.

p. 43: Two Sketches of Standing Female. Black ink and graphite.

p. 44: Male Portrait Study (Milton Brown)
u.r.: Milton / Brown / Study / for / Portrait
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 45: Seated Female. Black ink and graphite.

p. 46: Seated Female.

p. 47: Seated Female.

p. 48: Seated Female Nude.
[same model and pose p. 45-48]

p. 49: Seated Female with Mouth Open.

p. 50: Standing Man and Woman Embracing.
l.r.: R. S.

p. 51: Female Portrait Study. Graphite and pastel.
graphite, erased, center right: JOAN / CLEMEN[T]
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 52: Female Portrait Study. Graphite and pastel.
Graphite, center right: Joan / Clement
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYEr

p. 53: Seated Female. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 54: Seated Female. Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p.55: Reclining Nude Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 56: Head and Shoulders of Reclining Nude Female. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 57: Female Nude Lying Curled Up. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER

p. 58: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 59: Seated Female.

p. 60: Female Portrait Sketch. Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 61: Reclining Female Nude and Head Study.

p. 62: Reclining Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 63: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 64: Two Sketches of Standing Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 65: Reclining Female Nude and Head Sketch
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 66: Seated Female Nude (to waist). Charcoal, graphite, and black crayon.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 67: Seated Female Nude (to waist). Black crayon and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 68: Female Portrait Study. Graphite and black crayon.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 69: Seated Female Nude. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 70: Female Portrait Study. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 71: Female Portrait Study. Charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87]

p. 72: Seated Female. Graphite and pastel.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 73: Reclining Female Nude. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 74: Female Portrait Study. Charcoal, graphite, and pastel.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87]

p. 75: Female Portrait Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87?]

p. 76: Reclining Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 77: Seated Female. Graphite and pastel.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 78: Reclining Female Nude Turned Away. Horizontal.

p. 79: Seated Female and Head Sketch.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87?]

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

p. 81: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp. 80-81]

p. 82: Reclining Female and Head Study. Graphite and pastel.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 83: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 84: Seated Female and Head Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 85: Seated Female. Charcoal.
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 86: Female Portrait Study. Charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 87: Female Portrait Study. Charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87]

p. 88: Reclining Female. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 89: Reclining Female Nude. Charcoal and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 90: Seated Female Nude. Charcoal
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 91: Seated Female. Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER
[same sitter pp. 90 – 91]

p. 92: Female Portrait Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87?]

p. 93: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 93V: Female Nude Curled on her Side and Head Study.

p. 94 blank

p. 94V: [not in artist’s hand]: Jamey Gambrell (Art in / America) / 46 Great Jones St. / NYC NY 10012

p. 95: Jean Clair / 22 Rue Poliveau / 75005 Paris / 331 2530 / Professor Kampf / 372 C. P. W. / 749-5064

p. 95V: 478 7394

Exhibition History

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

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