Sketchbook

Artists

Description

Sketchbook with black-leather-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block; pages of off-white wove paper, each 27.2 x 20.8 cm. Drawings made in graphite and in vertical orientation unless otherwise described. p. 1: black crayon, u.r.: Lambro / 982 2868 center: RAPHAEL / SOYER / 1984 p. 2: July 3 / We arrived in Amsterdam / about 7:30 this evening, settled ourselves in the / American Hotel and went out for a stroll. This hotel / is right in the middle of Leidesplein [Leiderplein?], which seems / to be one of the main centers where the "action" / is, so to speak. There were crowds of young / people, listening to rock & roll, watching mimes and / jugglers. The square was jammed with young men / and women, long-haired, loosely dressed, colorful. / There was a feeling of freedom about them, permissiveness. / July 4 / After the neglected-looking museums in / Florence [added with caret: which depressed me], rich in content ‘tho they are, the Rijksmuseum / here gave me a lift. The paintings were beautifully / installed and well-lit. At the risk of repeating myself, / I must say again that to me Amsterdam is / Rembrandt. I don’t particularly care, or am [inserted with caret: I] interested / in the anecdotal genre of Dutch art. The paintings / of Jan Steen, [inserted with caret: the] van Ostade’s, are fussy and tiresome. Of / course, there are the few Vermeers. But it’s Rembrandt who is the phenomenal figure in the Rijksmuseum. / In the few weeks that we’ve been in Europe we have / seen so many great paintings—the breath-taking Courbets, Delacroix, Gericaults, in the Louvre, the great collection / of the Impressionists in the National Gallery of London, / the Raphaels & the Titians in Florence—Rembrandt, / tops them all, as far as I’m concerned. Page torn out (numbering does not skip). p. 3: Seated Female Nude. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 4: Seated Female Nude. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 5: Seated Female Nude. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 6: Seated Female Nude. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [same pose and model pp. 3-6, 11-13, 40] p. 7: Seated Female Nude l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 8: Seated Female l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 9: Seated Female p. 10: Seated Female [same model pp. 8-10] p. 11: Seated Female Nude. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 12: Female Head and Shoulders. l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 13: Seated Female Nude. [same pose and model pp. 3-6, 11-13, 40] p. 14: Seated Female Nude. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [same model as 3-6, 11-13?] Page torn out (numbering does not skip). p. 15: Seated Female Nude l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [same model as 3-6, 11-13?] p. 16: Woman with Chin in Hand. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 17: Seated Female. p. 18: Seated Female Nude. p. 19: Seated Female Nude. p. 20: Seated Female. Black ink. Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 21: Seated Female. Black ink. [same model and pose pp. 20-21] p. 22: Female Head Studies. [mostly drawn upside-down from orientation of book] [same model pp. 20-23] p. 23: Female Profile Portrait. l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [same model as pp. 20-23] p. 24: Stylized Heads. p. 25: Seated Woman Undressing p. 26: Seated Woman Undressing p. 27: Seated Woman Undressing [pp. 25-27 in sequence as she undresses; [same model pp. 25-27, 29-36, 38-39, 42-43] p. 28: Female Portrait Sketch (Rebecca Soyer) center right: Rebecca l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 29: Seated Woman Undressing l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 30: Seated Woman Undressing. Black ink and graphite. p. 31: Seated Woman Undressing. Black ink and erased graphite. p. 32: Seated Woman Undressing. p. 33: Head Sketches of Woman Undressing. Black ink. p. 34: Seated Woman Undressing p. 35: Seated Woman Undressing. Black ink. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 36: Seated Woman Undressing. [same model pp. 25-27, 29-36, 38-39, 42-43] p. 37: Male Portrait Head p. 38: Seated Woman Undressing. Black ink. p. 39: Seated Woman Undressing. Black ink. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [same model pp. 25-27, 29-36, 38-39, 42-43] p. 40: Seated Female Nude [same pose and model pp. 3-6, 11-13, 40] p. 41: Male Portrait Sketch. Center right: Dion / O’Wieth / O’Wyatt l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 42: Seated Woman Undressing. Black ink and wash over graphite. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAELL [sic] / SOYER p. 43: Seated Woman Undressing. [same model pp. 25-27, 29-36, 38-39, 42-43] p. 44: Male Portrait Sketch (Nat Messik) l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 45: Male Portrait Sketch (Nat Messik). Charcoal center right: of / Nat / Messik l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 46: Male Portrait Sketch. Charcoal. p. 47: Reclining Female. Charcoal and graphite. Horizontal. Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 48: Reclining Female Nude. Charcoal. Horizontal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 49: Reclining Female Nude. Charcoal. Horizontal. Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 50: Reclining Female Nude from the Back. Charcoal. Horizontal. Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 51: Seated Female Pulling on Stockings. Charcoal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 52: Seated Female Pulling on Stockings. Charcoal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 53: Seated Female Pulling on Stockings. Charcoal. Graphite, l.r.: RS [pp. 51-53 roughly in sequence] p. 54: Seated Female Nude. Charcoal. l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 55: Seated Female Nude. Charcoal. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 56: Seated Female. Charcoal and pastel [or colored crayon?] l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 57: Seated Female. Graphite and charcoal. l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 58: Seated Female Pulling on Stockings. l.r.: RS. p. 59: Seated Female Pulling on Stockings. Graphite and charcoal. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 60: Seated Female Pulling on Stockings. l.r.: R.S. p. 61: Seated Female Pulling on Stockings. Charcoal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 62: Seated Female Pulling on Stockings. Charcoal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [pp. 51-53, 58-62 same model and poses] p. 63: Seated Female. Black ink. [appears to be same model as that on previous pages] p. 64: Reclining Female. Charcoal and graphite. Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 65: Reclining Female. Charcoal and graphite. Horizontal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 66: Seated Female. Charcoal. l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 67: Woman Leaning to Right. Brown and black ink. p. 68: Standing Female from the Back. Brown ink. p. 69: Standing Female from the Back and Stylized Profile Heads. Brown ink p. 70: Standing Female. Charcoal. p. 71: Male Portrait Sketch (Isaac B. Singer) center right: Isaac B / Singer p. 72: Female Heads. Brown ink; black crayon p. 73: Male Portrait Sketch. Center right: Lambro Ahlas l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 74: Standing Female Nude p. 75: Female Nude Leaning Forward, from Behind. Graphite and black crayon. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 76: Male Portrait Study (Gregory Corso) u.r.: Gregory / Corso / drunk l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 77: Female Nude. Graphite and charcoal. l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 78: Male Portrait Study. Graphite and charcoal. Graphite, u.r.: of / James / Kearny Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [column of figures across bottom of page] p. 79: Seated Female Undressing. Black crayon and pastel. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 80: Seated Female Nude. Black crayon. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 81: Seated Female Nude. Black crayon, graphite and charcoal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 82: Seated Female Nude. Black crayon. p. 83: Seated Female. Black crayon and charcoal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 84: Seated Female. Black crayon and pastel. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER Verso of page completely colored red in crayon?; red has not transferred to recto of p. 85. p. 85: Seated Female. Black and red crayon and pastel. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL SOYER p. 86: Female Lying Prone. Black crayon. p. 87: Female Lying Prone. Black crayon. Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [pp. 86-87 same model and pose] p. 88: Female Nude Lying Prone. Black crayon and graphite. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 89: Female Nude Sketches, Stylized Heads. Black crayon and graphite. Graphite, l.r.: R.S. p. 90: Reclining Female Nude. Black crayon and graphite. Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 91: Seated Female Nude and Study of her Head. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 92: Seated Female Nude. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [same model and pose pp. 91-92] p. 93: Seated Female Nude. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 94: Seated Female. l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER [drawn upside down from orientation of book] p. 95: Female Nude. Charcoal. Graphite, l.l.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 96: Seated Female. l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 97: Seated Female. p. 98: Seated Female. Charcoal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 99: Male Portrait Study (Nat Messik?). Charcoal. Graphite, l.r.: RAPHAEL / SOYER p. 100: Head sketch. p. 100 verso, blue ballpoint: Recieve [sic] one / painting on consignment / for payment $5,000. (five / thousand) to be paid / by, latest, February 1984 / [signature, illeg.] / Dec 6th, 1983. SIX pages torn out at back of book.

Dimensions

actual: 28.1 x 21.5 x 2 cm (11 1/16 x 8 7/16 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Raphael Soyer, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1988.