FIGURE STUDY, PRODIGAL'S RETURN (TWO FIGURES)

Artist SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER (1836-1919)

MediumGraphite on paper

DimensionsOverall: 38.1 x 28.3 cm (15 x 11 1/8")
Frame: 74.6 x 59.4 cm (29 3/8 x 23 3/8")

ClassificationsDrawing

Credit LineThe Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of John H Schaeffer

Object number080030002

DescriptionPencil sketch on brown paper, a study for "Prodigal's Return". The sketch shows the Prodigal Song on the left standing in the arms of the father on the right. The sktech of the father is done lighter than that of the son, and both figures are done in the nude, with the father in less detail than the son. There are light skteches in the background, and circular pencil sketches over the top. Verso: Sketch of mother and child in pencil.

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