Object Details
Creator
Gurr, Lena, 1897-1992
Subject
Gurr, Lena
Place of publication, production, or execution
Other
Physical Description
Sketchbook : 1 v. : various media ; 25 x 20 cm.
Summary
80 pages. Sketchbook is identified as Gurr's on the inside front cover: "Lena Gurr, 240 W. 14th St., New York City." First page inscribed by Gurr: "The nude and figure studies were done in Moses Soyer's studio in the early 1930s" and "studies for paintings are included in between sessions." There are sketches on some of the pages' versos. Images are graphite including nude and clothed figure studies; sketches of hands and feet; studies for a painting of a seamstress, violinist, and still life.
Condition: both front and back covers are dirty and detached from the sketchbook. Pages are in good condition, the first two pages are unbound. There is a small water stain on the right hand edge on about half of the pages.
Condition: both front and back covers are dirty and detached from the sketchbook. Pages are in good condition, the first two pages are unbound. There is a small water stain on the right hand edge on about half of the pages.
Citation
Lena Gurr. Lena Gurr sketchbook No. 7, 1930. Lena Gurr papers, 1908-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Date
1930
Record number
(DSI-AAA)5751
Type
Artworks
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Lena Gurr papers, 1908-1979
Data Source
Archives of American Art
Topic
Portraits
Record ID
AAADCD_item_5751