James Daugherty

Back of a Nude
1916–1917

A detailed pencil drawing of a muscular human back and arm, with a faint sketch of a head in profile view at the top right corner. The paper appears aged with a warm tone and contains markings and annotations, including a signature at the bottom left.
A detailed pencil drawing of a muscular human back and arm, with a faint sketch of a head in profile view at the top right corner. The paper appears aged with a warm tone and contains markings and annotations, including a signature at the bottom left.

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Date
1916–1917

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 18 × 11 13/16in. (45.7 × 30 cm)

Accession number
72.29

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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James Daugherty
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