1988.450: Sketchbook

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1988.450

People

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

Title

Sketchbook

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook

Date

1981

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309935

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Sketchbook with beige-fabric-covered cardboard covers

Dimensions

actual: 37.6 x 32 x 1.5 cm (14 13/16 x 12 5/8 x 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: front pastedown, graphite: RAPHAEL SOYER / 1981

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

1988.450

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Sketchbook with beige-fabric-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block. Pages of off-white wove paper, 37 x 31.2 cm. Pages numbered in graphite at l.l. of verso. Drawings mostly in graphite and vertically oriented unless described otherwise.
p.1 Female Nude Standing at Sink.
l.r.: R.S.

p. 2 Seated Female Nude (Nancy Rica Schiff)
Center rt: Nancy Rica / Schiff
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 3 Female Nude Standing at Sink (same pose as p. 1).
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 4 Female Nude Standing at Sink.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 5. Two Seated Female Nudes.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 6. Seated Female Nude (Nancy Rica Schiff)
l.r.: Nancy
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 7. Female Nude Standing at Sink.
Lower center: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 8. Standing Female Nude. Graphite and charcoal
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 9. Seated Female Nude at Sink. Graphite and charcoal
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 10. Seated Female (Miriam). Graphite and charcoal
l.r.: Miriam
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 11. Two Standing Female Nudes. Graphite and charcoal
l.l.: Tall girl
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
u.l., erased: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 12. Two Views of a Seated Female Nude [Harriet—see next page].
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 13. Standing Female Nude and Dressed.
l.l.: of Harriet
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 14: Seated Female Nude. Graphite and charcoal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 15. Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 16. Seated Female Nude. Graphite and black chalk
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 17. Standing Female Nude by Sink. Graphite and charcoal
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 18: Seated Female.
same model as pp. 29-30.
something else erased beneath figure
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 19. Two Sketches of a Feclining Female Nude. Horizontal; graphite and charcoal.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 20. Reclining Nude Female. Horizontal; graphite and charcoal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 21. Nat Messi[ck?] Graphite and charcoal
center right: of Nat Messi[ck?]
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 22. Nat Messi[ck?]
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 23. Self-Portrait. Graphite, black and white crayon
center right: Self / Portrait
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 24. Seated Female Nude. Black crayon and charcoal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER

p. 25. Reclining Female Nude and another study of her head. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 26. Seated Female Nude. Graphite and black chalk
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 27. Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 28. Seated Female
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 29. Seated Female
same model as on p. 18 and 30, and same clothes.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 30. Seated Female
same model as on p. 18 and 29, and same clothes.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 31. Seated Female (Nancy Rica Schiff). Graphite and charcoal
l.r.: of / Nancy Rica Schiff
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 32. Irving Messi[k?] Graphite and charcoal
center right: of / Irving / Messi[k?]
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 33. Marvin Messi[k?] Graphite and charcoal
center right: of / Marvin Messi[k?]
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 34. Seated Female with Sunglasses. Graphite and charcoal
same model as pp. 35-36
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 35. Standing Female with Sunglasses. Graphite and charcoal
same model as pp. 34 and 36
l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER

p. 36. Female Portrait Study. Graphite and charcoal
same model as pp. 34-35
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 37. Female in Bra and Topless.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 38. Two Studies of Standing Female. Graphite and charcoal
l.r.: of Welida
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 39. Three Female Studies Graphite and charcoal
one of model from p. 38, one of her head; one of a woman w/baby).
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 40. Seated Male (Benevy).
u.r.: of / Benevy
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 41. Studies of Reclining Female Nude. Horizontal; graphite and charcoal
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 42. Seated Female. Graphite and charcoal
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 43. Reclining Female Nude with Newspaper. Horizontal; graphite and charcoal
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 44. Studies of Standing Female Nude. Black chalk and charcoal.
Lower edge: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 45. Female from Waist Up (Welida). Charcoal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 46. Two Studies of Reclining Female. (Nancy Rica Schiff) Horizontal.
lower edge: of Nancy Rica Schiff.
l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER

p. 47. Two Studies of Reclining Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
another sketch made on this page then erased—female nude—slightly visible in offset on verso of facing page.

p. 48. Reclining Female Nude and Small Head. Horizontal; graphite and charcoal
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 49. Reclining Female Nude. (Nancy Rica Schiff). Horizontal.
l.l.: of Nancy Rica / Schiff
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

p. 50. Seated Female (Nancy Rica Schiff)
center right: of / Nancy / Rica Schiff
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER

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