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Identifier: americanpainters00sher (find matches)
Title: American painters of yesterday and today
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Sherman, Frederic Fairchild
Subjects: Painting, American Painters, American
Publisher: New York, Priv. print.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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nor attempted. The remaining nude of Eaton's which I reproduce is, though unfinished, hardly less lovely than the Ariadne. To the painter and the serious student of painting it is peculiarly interesting, entirely because it is unfinished, as therefore it is possible to trace through various passages in it his manner of painting. Formerly the property of the late William M.Chase and entitled Lassitude, it is a fascinating study of a model resting against a greenish drapery in slumberous relaxation, the light falling full upon the figure and emphasizing the graceful physical beauty of the supple form and the evanescent pearl and ivory tones of the nude flesh. The workmanship is wonderful in its suggestion of the painters under-standing of the problem; everything is finished in its finality so far as he has gone with the canvas; and because one feels how surely it would have eventually realized all expectations if he had lived to complete it, it has somehow almost the distinction of a finished work. 42
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Wyatt Eaton: AriadneW. F. Evans Collection, National Gallery, Washington, D. C. THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOK, LENOX ANDTILOEN F0rSI>ATIONS

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