Study for a Lunette Decoration

Red crayon on cream antique laid paper

Graphite and accidental traces of red chalk on thin buff wove paper.

Watercolor over graphite on cream paper

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite and black crayon, partially varnished with gum, on tracing paper, patched with tracing paper and reworked, laid down

Brown ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper

Brown ink on off-white laid paper

Black and brown ink with brown wash, on cream wove paper, framing lines in black and red ink

Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper

Black and white chalk, squared in black chalk, on blue paper faded to gray-green within previous mat opening. Verso: Academic study of a male nude.

Watercolor and graphite on cream laid paper

Graphite, with opaque white heightening, on off-white paper

Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper