a) Seated Boy b) ( Boy's Face)
Joseph Stella
American, 1877–1946
(n.d.)
A quietly observant portrait in sanguine on paper of a seated boy, in which Stella seeks to capture the sitter’s presence and the play of light and form with economical, expressive marks.
Warm red-chalk strokes immediately register—the slightly downcast face, the rumpled shirt with a small badge, and relaxed hands rendered through a mix of confident contour and airy, suggestive shading.
This intimate life drawing reveals Stella’s academic grounding in the red‑chalk tradition and the human focus that underlies and precedes his later, more experimental modernist and Futurist work.
Medium
Sanguine on paper
Dimensions
14 3/4 x 8 5/8" (37.2 x 21.8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Accession
502.1966.a-b
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