These two finely rendered views of a human skull done in graphite were completed by the artist in his final year as an art student at the prestigious Art Academy of Cincinnati, then under the management of the Cincinnati Museum Association.
Image DimensionsL: 25.8 x 29.3 cm R: 28.5 x 25.0 cm each laid down
Support Dimensions37.9 x 61.5 cm oversized paper stock
Print Notes
Recto: Signed within each drawing in graphite: profile view: C. Hellmuth ⎯ 1910; frontal view: C.H.; losses to margins of oversized paper support & large closed tear in gutter of laid down drawings.
Provenance
Purchased for this archive in July, 2012 from dealer in Hilton, N.Y. who conducted an estate clean-out of former Rochester, N.Y. home of Joseph Foote Hellmuth, the son of artist Charles A. Hellmuth.