FIGURE STUDY, PRODIGAL'S RETURN (THREE FIGURES)

Artist SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER (1836-1919)

MediumGraphite on paper

DimensionsOverall: 24.1 x 27.3 cm (9 1/2 x 10 3/4")
Frame: 45.1 x 54.9 cm (17 3/4 x 21 5/8")

ClassificationsDrawing

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of John H Schaeffer

Object number080030003

DescriptionPencil sketch on brown paper, a study for "Prodigal's Return". The sketch is of three different figures. The figure on the left is the torso of a bearded man, his body twisted with his right shoulder showing. In the center is a full length male standing, his right foor forward and his upper body twisted with his right shoulder showing. In center is a full length male standing, his right foor forward and his upper body twisted. On the left is a figure in side profile, his right shoulder showing, clutching another man. Neither of the faces are in detail. There is a disembodied arm below the two figures on the right.

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