Nude Study

Artist Henry Siddons Mowbray American, born Egypt, 1858–1928

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions7 x 12 1/2 in. (17.8 x 31.8 cm)
Frame: 14 x 20 x 3 1/4 in. (35.6 x 50.8 x 8.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object numberG.28.2.56

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Provenance**Created United States; collection of the artist; given by artist to William Merrit Chase, New York, n.d.; [estate sale, American Art Association, New York, May 1917, no. 299]; Robert Fulenwider Phifer (1849–1928), New York and Concord, NC; bequeathed to the NC State Art Society, Raleigh, NC, 1928; officially transferred by the Society to the NCMA, 1961., Raleigh, NC, 1928; officially transferred by the Society to the NCMA, 1961.Published ReferencesThe Paintings and Other Artistic Property Left by the Late William Merritt Chase, N.A. (auction catalogue) (New York: The American Art Galleries, 1917), no. 299.

American Art News 15, no. 32 (May 19, 1917), listed 7 under “William M. Chase Sale” (as no. 299, sold to R. W. Phifer for $105).

Robert F. Phifer Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1973), listed 94.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, The North Carolina State Art Society, Temporary Art Museum, Agricultural Building, “An Exhibition of Paintings and Other Works of Art Left as a Bequest to the Society by the late Robert F. Phifer of Concord, N.C., and New York City," February 26, 1929, no. 3.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Becoming the NCMA: 10 Decades of Collecting, 1924-2022," June 11-August 21, 2022.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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