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Sketchbook with blue- and black-fabric-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block; pages of off-white wove paper, each 27.6 x 21.6 cm. Each sheet numbered on verso at l.l. Drawings in graphite and vertically oriented unless otherwise described.
p.1: RAPHAEL / SOYER / 1987
P. 2: Seated Female. Graphite and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
PAGE THREE TORN OUT—NUMBERING SKIPS TO "4."
p. 3: Female Nude (to waist) and head sketch. Black ink.
Graphite, l.r.: R.S.
p. 4: Seated Female. Graphite and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same model and pose as p. 2]
p.. 5: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 6: Seated Male (Nat Messik).
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
u.r.: of / Nat / Messik
p. 7: Seated Male (Nat Messik).
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 8: Madonna with Sleeping Child, after Mantegna.
l.r.: from / Mantegna
Original is at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, and dates to c. 1465-70.
p. 9: Reclining Nude. Horizontal. Graphite and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER
Verso, graphite: Feb 7 / 1 – 4 / 21 w. 72 / Apt 4D / 362-8952
p. 10: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 11: Female Head and Torso.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same model as previous page.]
p. 12: Raphael Soyer, by Lambro Ahlas
center left: by / Lambro / of / me
u.r.: "Yes this is the / face I shave"/ * / * / am quoting / Ralf [sic] Waldo / Emerson / who said this / upon seeing / the bust made / of him by Daniel / Chester French.
l.r.: Lambro Ahlas / Jan 30, 1987 / drawing of / Raphael Soyer
p. 13: Stylized Head Sketches. Graphite and silver ink.
p. 14: Two Sketches of Sleeping Woman. Graphite and charcoal. Horizontal.
p. 15: Portrait Sketch.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 18]
p. 16: Self-Portrait. Charcoal.
Graphite, u.r.: Self / Portrait / Vinalhaven / Maine
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 17: Self-Portrait.
u.r.: Self / Portrait / Vinalhaven / Maine
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 18: Portrait Study.
l.r.: R.S.
[same sitter as p. 15]
p. 19: Female Portrait Study (Harriet)
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 21]
p. 20: Reclining Female (Rebecca Soyer). Horizontal.
u.r.: Rebecca / taking / a nap / in Venice / Ca.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 21: Female Portrait Study (Harriet)
u.r.: Harriet
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 10]
p. 22: Female Portrait Study (Elisa)
u.r.: Elisa
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 23: Female Portrait Study (Joyce Freiman). Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, center right: of / Joyce / Freiman / Los Angeles
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 24: Female Portrait Study (Rebecca Soyer)
l.r.: of / Rebecca / RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 25: Male Portrait Study (Lambro)
center right: Lambro
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 26: Female Nude from Behind.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 27: Portrait Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 29]
p. 28: Seated Female Nude.
p. 29: Portrait Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p. 27]
p. 30: Portrait Study (Nancy [Rica Schiff?] and Rebecca Soyer). Graphite and black crayon.
Graphite, center right: of / Nancy / and / Rebecca / in / Venice / Ca.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 31: Seated Female. Graphite and black crayon.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 32: Seated Female. Graphite and black crayon.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 33: Seated Female. Graphite and black crayon.
p. 34: Seated Female Nude. Black ink, gray wash, and graphite. Horizontal.
p. 35: Seated Female Nude. Black ink and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 36: Two Standing Female Nudes. Black crayon and graphite.
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 37: Seated Female. Black crayon and graphite.
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 38: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 39: Seated Female, Nude to Waist.
[same model and pose as p. 39]
p. 40: Seated Female, Nude to Waist. Black crayon and graphite.
[same model and pose as p. 39]
p. 41: Seated Female. Black ink.
p. 42: Standing Female. Black ink and graphite.
p. 43: Two Sketches of Standing Female. Black ink and graphite.
p. 44: Male Portrait Study (Milton Brown)
u.r.: Milton / Brown / Study / for / Portrait
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 45: Seated Female. Black ink and graphite.
p. 46: Seated Female.
p. 47: Seated Female.
p. 48: Seated Female Nude.
[same model and pose p. 45-48]
p. 49: Seated Female with Mouth Open.
p. 50: Standing Man and Woman Embracing.
l.r.: R. S.
p. 51: Female Portrait Study. Graphite and pastel.
graphite, erased, center right: JOAN / CLEMEN[T]
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 52: Female Portrait Study. Graphite and pastel.
Graphite, center right: Joan / Clement
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYEr
p. 53: Seated Female. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 54: Seated Female. Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.55: Reclining Nude Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 56: Head and Shoulders of Reclining Nude Female. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 57: Female Nude Lying Curled Up. Horizontal.
l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER
p. 58: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 59: Seated Female.
p. 60: Female Portrait Sketch. Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 61: Reclining Female Nude and Head Study.
p. 62: Reclining Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 63: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 64: Two Sketches of Standing Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 65: Reclining Female Nude and Head Sketch
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 66: Seated Female Nude (to waist). Charcoal, graphite, and black crayon.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 67: Seated Female Nude (to waist). Black crayon and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 68: Female Portrait Study. Graphite and black crayon.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 69: Seated Female Nude. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 70: Female Portrait Study. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 71: Female Portrait Study. Charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87]
p. 72: Seated Female. Graphite and pastel.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 73: Reclining Female Nude. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 74: Female Portrait Study. Charcoal, graphite, and pastel.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87]
p. 75: Female Portrait Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87?]
p. 76: Reclining Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 77: Seated Female. Graphite and pastel.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 78: Reclining Female Nude Turned Away. Horizontal.
p. 79: Seated Female and Head Sketch.
l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87?]
p. 80: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 81: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp. 80-81]
p. 82: Reclining Female and Head Study. Graphite and pastel.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 83: Seated Female.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 84: Seated Female and Head Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 85: Seated Female. Charcoal.
Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 86: Female Portrait Study. Charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 87: Female Portrait Study. Charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87]
p. 88: Reclining Female. Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 89: Reclining Female Nude. Charcoal and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 90: Seated Female Nude. Charcoal
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 91: Seated Female. Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER
[same sitter pp. 90 – 91]
p. 92: Female Portrait Study.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as pp. 69-71, 74, 85-87?]
p. 93: Seated Female Nude.
l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p. 93V: Female Nude Curled on her Side and Head Study.
p. 94 blank
p. 94V: [not in artist’s hand]: Jamey Gambrell (Art in / America) / 46 Great Jones St. / NYC NY 10012
p. 95: Jean Clair / 22 Rue Poliveau / 75005 Paris / 331 2530 / Professor Kampf / 372 C. P. W. / 749-5064
p. 95V: 478 7394
Department of Drawings
Raphael Soyer bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum 1988.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Raphael Soyer
Title: Sketchbook
Description:
Sketchbook with blue- and black-fabric-covered cardboard covers.
Sewn page block; pages of off-white wove paper, each 27.
6 x 21.
6 cm.
Each sheet numbered on verso at l.
l.
Drawings in graphite and vertically oriented unless otherwise described.
p.
1: RAPHAEL / SOYER / 1987
P.
2: Seated Female.
Graphite and charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
PAGE THREE TORN OUT—NUMBERING SKIPS TO "4.
"
p.
3: Female Nude (to waist) and head sketch.
Black ink.
Graphite, l.
r.
: R.
S.
p.
4: Seated Female.
Graphite and charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same model and pose as p.
2]
p.
5: Seated Female Nude.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
6: Seated Male (Nat Messik).
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
u.
r.
: of / Nat / Messik
p.
7: Seated Male (Nat Messik).
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
8: Madonna with Sleeping Child, after Mantegna.
l.
r.
: from / Mantegna
Original is at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, and dates to c.
1465-70.
p.
9: Reclining Nude.
Horizontal.
Graphite and charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL SOYER
Verso, graphite: Feb 7 / 1 – 4 / 21 w.
72 / Apt 4D / 362-8952
p.
10: Seated Female.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
11: Female Head and Torso.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same model as previous page.
]
p.
12: Raphael Soyer, by Lambro Ahlas
center left: by / Lambro / of / me
u.
r.
: "Yes this is the / face I shave"/ * / * / am quoting / Ralf [sic] Waldo / Emerson / who said this / upon seeing / the bust made / of him by Daniel / Chester French.
l.
r.
: Lambro Ahlas / Jan 30, 1987 / drawing of / Raphael Soyer
p.
13: Stylized Head Sketches.
Graphite and silver ink.
p.
14: Two Sketches of Sleeping Woman.
Graphite and charcoal.
Horizontal.
p.
15: Portrait Sketch.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p.
18]
p.
16: Self-Portrait.
Charcoal.
Graphite, u.
r.
: Self / Portrait / Vinalhaven / Maine
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
17: Self-Portrait.
u.
r.
: Self / Portrait / Vinalhaven / Maine
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
18: Portrait Study.
l.
r.
: R.
S.
[same sitter as p.
15]
p.
19: Female Portrait Study (Harriet)
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p.
21]
p.
20: Reclining Female (Rebecca Soyer).
Horizontal.
u.
r.
: Rebecca / taking / a nap / in Venice / Ca.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
21: Female Portrait Study (Harriet)
u.
r.
: Harriet
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p.
10]
p.
22: Female Portrait Study (Elisa)
u.
r.
: Elisa
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
23: Female Portrait Study (Joyce Freiman).
Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, center right: of / Joyce / Freiman / Los Angeles
l.
l.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
24: Female Portrait Study (Rebecca Soyer)
l.
r.
: of / Rebecca / RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
25: Male Portrait Study (Lambro)
center right: Lambro
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
26: Female Nude from Behind.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
27: Portrait Study.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p.
29]
p.
28: Seated Female Nude.
p.
29: Portrait Study.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as p.
27]
p.
30: Portrait Study (Nancy [Rica Schiff?] and Rebecca Soyer).
Graphite and black crayon.
Graphite, center right: of / Nancy / and / Rebecca / in / Venice / Ca.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
31: Seated Female.
Graphite and black crayon.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
32: Seated Female.
Graphite and black crayon.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
33: Seated Female.
Graphite and black crayon.
p.
34: Seated Female Nude.
Black ink, gray wash, and graphite.
Horizontal.
p.
35: Seated Female Nude.
Black ink and graphite.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
36: Two Standing Female Nudes.
Black crayon and graphite.
Graphite, l.
l.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
37: Seated Female.
Black crayon and graphite.
Graphite, l.
l.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
38: Seated Female.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
39: Seated Female, Nude to Waist.
[same model and pose as p.
39]
p.
40: Seated Female, Nude to Waist.
Black crayon and graphite.
[same model and pose as p.
39]
p.
41: Seated Female.
Black ink.
p.
42: Standing Female.
Black ink and graphite.
p.
43: Two Sketches of Standing Female.
Black ink and graphite.
p.
44: Male Portrait Study (Milton Brown)
u.
r.
: Milton / Brown / Study / for / Portrait
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
45: Seated Female.
Black ink and graphite.
p.
46: Seated Female.
p.
47: Seated Female.
p.
48: Seated Female Nude.
[same model and pose p.
45-48]
p.
49: Seated Female with Mouth Open.
p.
50: Standing Man and Woman Embracing.
l.
r.
: R.
S.
p.
51: Female Portrait Study.
Graphite and pastel.
graphite, erased, center right: JOAN / CLEMEN[T]
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
52: Female Portrait Study.
Graphite and pastel.
Graphite, center right: Joan / Clement
Graphite, l.
l.
: RAPHAEL / SOYEr
p.
53: Seated Female.
Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
54: Seated Female.
Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
55: Reclining Nude Female.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
56: Head and Shoulders of Reclining Nude Female.
Horizontal.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
57: Female Nude Lying Curled Up.
Horizontal.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL SOYER
p.
58: Seated Female Nude.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
59: Seated Female.
p.
60: Female Portrait Sketch.
Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
61: Reclining Female Nude and Head Study.
p.
62: Reclining Female Nude.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
63: Seated Female Nude.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
64: Two Sketches of Standing Female Nude.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
65: Reclining Female Nude and Head Sketch
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
66: Seated Female Nude (to waist).
Charcoal, graphite, and black crayon.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
67: Seated Female Nude (to waist).
Black crayon and graphite.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
68: Female Portrait Study.
Graphite and black crayon.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
69: Seated Female Nude.
Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
70: Female Portrait Study.
Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
71: Female Portrait Study.
Charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp.
69-71, 74, 85-87]
p.
72: Seated Female.
Graphite and pastel.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
73: Reclining Female Nude.
Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
74: Female Portrait Study.
Charcoal, graphite, and pastel.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp.
69-71, 74, 85-87]
p.
75: Female Portrait Study.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as pp.
69-71, 74, 85-87?]
p.
76: Reclining Female Nude.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
77: Seated Female.
Graphite and pastel.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
78: Reclining Female Nude Turned Away.
Horizontal.
p.
79: Seated Female and Head Sketch.
l.
l.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as pp.
69-71, 74, 85-87?]
p.
80: Seated Female.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
81: Seated Female.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp.
80-81]
p.
82: Reclining Female and Head Study.
Graphite and pastel.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
83: Seated Female.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
84: Seated Female and Head Study.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
85: Seated Female.
Charcoal.
Graphite, l.
l.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
86: Female Portrait Study.
Charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
87: Female Portrait Study.
Charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter pp.
69-71, 74, 85-87]
p.
88: Reclining Female.
Pastel and charcoal.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
89: Reclining Female Nude.
Charcoal and graphite.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
90: Seated Female Nude.
Charcoal
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
91: Seated Female.
Pastel and graphite.
Graphite, l.
r.
: RAPHAEL SOYER
[same sitter pp.
90 – 91]
p.
92: Female Portrait Study.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
[same sitter as pp.
69-71, 74, 85-87?]
p.
93: Seated Female Nude.
l.
r.
: RAPHAEL / SOYER
p.
93V: Female Nude Curled on her Side and Head Study.
p.
94 blank
p.
94V: [not in artist’s hand]: Jamey Gambrell (Art in / America) / 46 Great Jones St.
/ NYC NY 10012
p.
95: Jean Clair / 22 Rue Poliveau / 75005 Paris / 331 2530 / Professor Kampf / 372 C.
P.
W.
/ 749-5064
p.
95V: 478 7394.
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