Jared French

Study for Murder
1942

Sketch of a standing nude figure with arms outstretched, a lying figure, and multiple figures in the background, with two poles at the center.

Sketch of a standing nude figure with arms outstretched, a lying figure, and multiple figures in the background, with two poles at the center.

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Date
1942

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil and colored pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/8 × 15 5/8in. (51.1 × 39.7 cm) Image: 16 11/16 × 13 3/16in. (42.4 × 33.5 cm) Mount: 22 × 18in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)

Accession number
2022.242

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jack Shear

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/63471

Exhibitions

The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965

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Jared French
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