Auction: Discovery - 2583MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: February 16, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
John Robinson Frazier (American, 1889-1966)
Academic Study of a Male Nude. Bears signature and inscription "John Frazier/RSDI DS" in pencil l.r., with a note on provenance from the present owner affixed to the reverse. Graphite on paper, sight size 24 x 18 in., matted, unframed. Condition: Minor staining, tear l.r., subtle handling creases, foxing.
Provenance: Through the artist's widow, Mary Frazier; private collection, Johnston, Rhode Island.
N.B. Frazier was a 1912 graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and later president of the school from 1955 to 1962.
Estimate $150-200