[Nude figure studies] [graphic].
Title
[Nude figure studies]
Description
Collection of nude figure studies by lithographer Augustus Kollner. Most, if not all, of the studies were likely executed for the life class at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine arts. Includes two female studies and two male studies. The first female study [P.2017.8.18] shows a nude woman seated on her side, her legs outstretched, and leaning on her left hand. Her right hand stretched down to her calf. Her light-shaded hair is pulled back Grecian-style and she lies in front of a draped stand. The second female study [P.2017.8.19] shows a woman lying on her back, her head resting on her right hand that is bent at the elbow, and with her eyes closed. Her dark-shaded hair is worn in a low bun, her legs are crossed at the ankles, and her left hand rests on her left thigh. A less-detailed, ink-drawn, vignette-size, bust-length study of the woman is visible in the lower left corner. The first male study [P.2017.8.20] shows a nearly nude man, a loin cloth at his waist, sitting with his legs open on a draped seat. He is slightly hunched over and rests the left side of his face on his left hand curled into a fist with his left elbow resting on his knee. His right arm is bent at the elbow with his right hand resting on his right knee. His dark-shaded hair is parted to the right. The second male study [P.2017.8.21], a profile, shows a nude man, semi-seated on a platform, with his upper body leaning to his left and with his left leg extended behind him. He rests his arms on the edge and side of the platform. He has short, dark-shaded hair and a mustache. The genitalia of the three figures without a loin cloth is shaded in shadow., Dates of two of the drawings [P.2017.8.18-19] inferred from the accompanying dated drawings., P.2017.8.21 inscribed in lower right: Jany 1867., P.2017.8.22 inscribed in lower left: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Kollner Feby 4, 1867 Phila., Drawings are trimmed., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Augustus Kollner (1813-1906) a German-born and trained Philadelphia lithographer began to focus his career more on drawing and painting in the 1860s. In 1861 Kollner enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the fine arts life class and continued to take the class until at least 1867. Kollner also exhibited genre, historical, and landscape drawings at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1865 and 1868.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, artist
Date
[1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Kollner [P.2017.8.19-22]