Untitled [Standing Figure with Knee on Chair] [working proof 5]
2002
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View on museum website →Medium
spit bite aquatint, hard ground and soft ground etching with graphite additions on wove paper [working proof 5]
Dimensions
plate: 29.8 × 25.1 cm (11 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.) sheet: 42.7 × 36.6 cm (16 13/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2024.132.115
Art Historical Context
William Bailey's *Untitled [Standing Figure with on Chair] [working 5]* (2002) captures a poised female figure in a contemplative pose, balancing a knee on a chair in a manner reminiscent of classical sculpture. This intimate print, housed in the National Gallery of Art, exemplifies Bailey's lifelong fascination with the human form, rendered with his signature precision and elegance. A Yale-trained artist and professor, Bailey draws from Renaissance masters like Ingres, blending contemporary realism with timeless anatomy to evoke quiet introspection. As a working proof—the fifth in the series...
About the Artist
William Bailey (British|French|British|British) · |1808 |1809 |1841 – |1873 |1898 |1910
British|French, Paris 1808–1873 Chislehurst, Kent| |British, 1841–1910