Paul Cadmus
1904-1999
Head of Jon (study after Jon's head in "Study for a David and Goliath," 1971)
1989
Colored crayon on turquoise paper.
13 x 12 inches (33 x 30.5 cm)
Bequest of John M. Thayer.
© Paul Cadmus / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
2005.41
Notes:
This drawing was made after the figure of David in Cadmus's 1971 painting "Study for a David and Goliath." Cadmus's longtime model, Jon Anderson, who posed as David in the original composition, is seen here on a bright blue ground. In later years in particular, Cadmus often made drawings on colored papers.
Inscription:
Signed and dated in crayon at lower left, "Cadmus / NM 89".
Provenance:
Midtown Galleries, Inc., March 1985; John M. Thayer, Wilmington, Del.
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