Object Details
- Creator
- Bunn, William E. L. (Edward Lewis), 1910-2009
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- Sketch : 1 sheet : graphite ; 13 x 14 cm
- Summary
- Handwritten note in ink on verso: Morning swim; evening swim; sketch began and done around 1:30 AM; Jan. 26, 1942
Shows a nude woman emerging from the Mississippi river, a riverboat behind her. - Citation
- William E. L. (Edward Lewis) Bunn. Preliminary sketch for painting American Venus, 1942 January 26. William E. L. Bunn papers, 1863-2009. 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
- 1942 January 26
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)18267
- Type
- Artworks
- See more items in
- William E. L. Bunn papers, 1863-2009
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Artists' preparatory studies
- Nude in art
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_18267
