Anatomical Sketches of Heads, Faces, and Eyes
date: label: Date
content: probably 1865–1875
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure sketches showing numerous anatomical views of heads, faces, and eyes in various positions, with various expressions. At upper left, the eye of the mirthful or laughing face is shown with its lower lid raised. Beside it at upper center, a somewhat haunting representation of a laughing face is drawn without a head. At upper right, the head and shoulders of a figure with strong facial features are turned downward and to the left. At upper center, a single, isolated eye is visible. Above it at left is a diagram showing the sight lines of an eye viewing an upturned head. At right, a figure turns their head towards us and makes eye contact. At center left, a figure with defined muscles appears to crawl on all fours, perhaps taking up a wrestling position. Below these, three heads are included: at left, a smiling face with a bald head is shown obliquely, at center, a dissatisfied face is shown more frontally, while at right, an angry face with a downturned brow views us directly. The latter has shaggy hair and a goatee. Below them at lower center, a seated figure is rendered from above, while profile diagrams of eyes are overlaid near his knees. At left, the eyes and nose of an angry face are visible above a single, upturned eyeball. At right, another isolated eye with long lashes views us directly. In the lower left corner, a cubic design is included, while the outline of the legs and torso of a squatting figure is incompletely rendered in the lower right corner.
label: Description
content: Pencil anatomical sketches of numerous heads, faces, and eyes in various positions, with various expressions.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-1535
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on light green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 43.9 × 27.3 cm (17 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.)