Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Comparative Analysis of Anatomical Photographs Made in United States, North and Central Americac. 1883 Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916 Pen and black and red ink and graphite on thin tan wove paper (tracing paper?) Currently not on view 1984-89-8 Purchased with the SmithKline Corporation Funds, 1984 |
LabelThese figure drawings are tracings from the photographs known as the "Naked Series," made by Eakins and his students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in about 1883. Diverse figure types were photographed in a set of seven poses to illustrate the body's "general axis of weight and of action," which was drawn as a line through the spine of each figure. Eakins created this comparative analysis, evidently based on photos of himself, to accompany the "Naked Series;" its images and texts explain the principles of this controversial project and its value to artists. |
