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William H. Bailey
Seated Woman, Left Hand to Chin
1984

Name: Seated Woman, Left Hand to Chin
Brand: William H. Bailey
Rating: 5 (106 reviews)

$4,500List Price

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Seated Woman, Left Hand to Chin Graphite on laid paper, 1984 Signed and dated in pencil (see photo) Provenance: Donald Morris Gallery, Inc. Birmingham, MI Chernoff Estate, Bloomfield Hills, MI Drawings by Bailey made in 1983 and 1984 represent one of the high points of his draftsmanship. This work is closely related to examples in Mark Strand's monograph, "William Bailey" (Abrams, 1987), nos. 31-32, 34, 36, 38-39. Bailey uses the same model in each of these drawings. Nos. 38 and 39 are titled "Study of C." Condition: Excellent Sight size: 19 x 13 1/4 inches Frame size: 24-3/4 x 19-3/4 x 1-3/4 inches William H. Bailey (American, b. 1930) Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, William Bailey became a painter in styles ranging from abstraction to super-real. He earned his B.F.A. and M.F.A. at Yale University and studied with Josef Albers and also had an Alice Kimball English traveling scholarship. From 1962 to 1969, he taught at Indiana University, and from 1969, was a professor of art at Yale University. He lives and works in Branford, CT and is a member of the National Academy of Design, elected an Associate in 1983, an Academician in 1994. Recent one-person exhibitions include Robert Schoelkopf Gallery; Andre Emmerich Gallery; Robert Miller Gallery; Galleria il Gabbiana, Rome; and Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris. Selected group exhibitions include Realism Now, Vassar College Art Museum; 22 Realists, and 7 Realists, both at the Yale University Art Gallery; Decade in Review, Whitney Museum of American Art; and Contemporary American Realism Since 1960,at the Pennsylvania Academy. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Des Moines Art Center; Art Institute of Chicago; Arkansas Art Center; Hirshhorn Museum; Pennsylvania Academy; St. Louis Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; and Yale University Art Gallery. Publications on Mr. Bailey include "William Bailey", by Mark Strand, William Bailey, Hollander and Briganti; and "Art of the Real", Mark Strand Clarkson Potter. Mr.Bailey is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship; Ingram Merrill Fellowship; and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts Letters; and Academico, Academia Nationale, S.Luca, Rome. Courtesy: AskArt

Creator:
William H. Bailey (1930, American)
Creation Year:
1984
Dimensions:
Height: 119 in (302.26 cm)Width: 13.25 in (33.66 cm)
Medium:
Graphite
Movement Style:
American Realist
Period:
1980-1989
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Fairlawn, OH
Reference Number:
Seller: FA73661stDibs: LU14010039152

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