Vintage (1938) Dated Original Art : Back Profile Man in Uniform - Graphite Pencil On Paper, Unsigned.
Vintage graphite pencil sketch. Figure standing with arms extended outwards, wearing a structured, high-collared service jacket with a defined belt line and straight-leg uniform trousers. Peaked service cap or kepi style hat, indicating a military, police, or transit worker uniform. Artwork is done with quick, gestural pencil strokes on off-white paper, capturing the form and folds of the uniform jacket and trousers.
Some foxing + discoloration present. Unframed. Unsigned. Artist is Grace Alice Gassert. Acquired from her portfolio collection from her time at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art in the 1930s. Bottom-right corner features a handwritten date reading “Sept. 28, 38”. Student Work. University Of The Arts. Piece serves as a prime example of mid-20th-century foundational training, which focused closely on rapid figure drawings, perspective exercises, and capturing form or motion through gestural observation.
Measurements : 12” x 8.75”
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Vintage (1938) Dated Original Art : Back Profile Man in Uniform - Graphite Pencil On Paper, Unsigned.
Vintage graphite pencil sketch. Figure standing with arms extended outwards, wearing a structured, high-collared service jacket with a defined belt line and straight-leg uniform trousers. Peaked service cap or kepi style hat, indicating a military, police, or transit worker uniform. Artwork is done with quick, gestural pencil strokes on off-white paper, capturing the form and folds of the uniform jacket and trousers.
Some foxing + discoloration present. Unframed. Unsigned. Artist is Grace Alice Gassert. Acquired from her portfolio collection from her time at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art in the 1930s. Bottom-right corner features a handwritten date reading “Sept. 28, 38”. Student Work. University Of The Arts. Piece serves as a prime example of mid-20th-century foundational training, which focused closely on rapid figure drawings, perspective exercises, and capturing form or motion through gestural observation.
Measurements : 12” x 8.75”
Price Includes Shipping.
