Artist: John Middleton Freeman. (Charlottesville, VA c. 1919-2000).
More about the artist read in our eponymous Blog Post.
Title: Portrait of an art school student.
Signed: with letter M[iddleton]; Dated: '69; Annotated: at 14th St. Studio NY; Marked: N.F.S. (Not for sale).
Dimensions: Sheet 14 1/4" x 10 3/4".
Date: 1970.
Materials and Techniques: Graphite drawing on heavy wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: One tear. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Middleton Freeman Portfolio.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XX C.
Note:
- Fourteenth Street School [of Art]. The term “Fourteenth Street School,” originating in the early 1950s, refers to a group of New York painters who, during the 1920s and ‘30s, continued the tradition established by the Ashcan School a generation earlier of realistically portraying everyday life. (Erik Brockett via InCollect).
- depicted a young woman sitting and holding a pen, possibly, a student.