Seated Figure Study
Date1947
Artist
Chaim Gross
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1904–1991)
MediumWatercolor and graphite on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 17 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (43.5 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard K. Snively in memory of Rosalind Irvine, 1965
Object number1965-39
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextKnown primarily as a sculptor, Chaim Gross was also a prolific draughtsman who sketched in pencil and watercolor daily throughout his career. Drawings such as this one enabled Gross to conceptually work out the mass and three-dimensional volumes of his sculpture. 
