Gurr, Lena
(b. 1897
d. 1992)
Lena Gurr sketchbook No. 7, 1930
While this sketchbook from the early 1930s mostly contains nude figure studies that Lena Gurr (1897-1992) sketched in Moses Soyer's studio, there are a series of more concentrated studies for a painting of a seamstress. Gurr's rendering of the domestic interior with the sewing machine, table, shears, and basket, as well as her notes on the direction and intensity of the light, conveys the sitter's concentration on the work at hand.
Lena Gurr sketchbook No. 7, 1930 / Lena Gurr, artist. Sketchbook : 1 v. : various media ; 25 x 20 cm. Lena Gurr papers. Archives of American Art.
80 pages. Sketchbook is identified as Gurr's on the inside front cover: "Lena Gurr, 240 W. 14th St., New York City." First page inscribed by Gurr: "The nude and figure studies were done in Moses Soyer's studio in the early 1930s" and "studies for paintings are included in between sessions." There are sketches on some of the pages' versos. Images are graphite including nude and clothed figure studies; sketches of hands and feet; studies for a painting of a seamstress, violinist, and still life.
Condition: both front and back covers are dirty and detached from the sketchbook. Pages are in good condition, the first two pages are unbound. There is a small water stain on the right hand edge on about half of the pages.
Lena Gurr sketchbook No. 7, 1930 / Lena Gurr, artist. Sketchbook : 1 v. : various media ; 25 x 20 cm. Lena Gurr papers. Archives of American Art.
80 pages. Sketchbook is identified as Gurr's on the inside front cover: "Lena Gurr, 240 W. 14th St., New York City." First page inscribed by Gurr: "The nude and figure studies were done in Moses Soyer's studio in the early 1930s" and "studies for paintings are included in between sessions." There are sketches on some of the pages' versos. Images are graphite including nude and clothed figure studies; sketches of hands and feet; studies for a painting of a seamstress, violinist, and still life.
Condition: both front and back covers are dirty and detached from the sketchbook. Pages are in good condition, the first two pages are unbound. There is a small water stain on the right hand edge on about half of the pages.
Forms Part of: Lena Gurr papers