Study for 'Venus', Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, Black crayon, white chalk, on tan paper, Bust-length nude figure of a girl, facing the spectator. Her arms are upraised, in the act of arranging her hair. Signed and inscribed in pencil, lower right: 'E. Vedder study / for Venus (ceiling detail).', (refers to Collis P. Huntington ceiling, commissioned Aug. 1892, finished by Sept 1893, now at Yale), USA, ca. 1885, figures, Drawing

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