Anatomical Sketches of the Head, Neck, and Shoulders
date: label: Date
content: probably 1865–75
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure sketches showing multiple anatomical views of the head, neck, shoulders, and arms in various positions and contortions. At upper left, the shoulder blades, neck and head are viewed from behind, while, beside it at right, a head is tilted to the right as it looks upward. In the upper right corner are two bent arms with prominent biceps--one arm hinges upward, while the other, downward. At center, the back, shoulder, head, and upper arms are shown from the rear as the figure lifts their right arm and twists their neck. Beside it at left, a head looks upward in left profile. At lower left, another head in left profile looks to the left, while below it, two outlines of heads looking upward and downward are included. At lower right, four sketches of turning heads--viewed both from the front and behind--are visible.
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: 1917-4-1538
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 dark beige wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.3 × 27.4 cm (15 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.)