Mid 20th Century Nude Drawing

Description

This unframed pen and ink nude is from the inherited collection of works by late artist Nona Craycraft Wirt (1933-2006). … more This unframed pen and ink nude is from the inherited collection of works by late artist Nona Craycraft Wirt (1933-2006). It was drawn and signed by the artist in 1961 while she was working as an art professor at Northern Illinois University. The piece has previously been matted and framed but is currently unframed. Measuring 17.5" x 23", this beautiful piece was done on a textured Strathmore drawing paper.

Nona was a midwestern artist, born in Glasford, Illinois and attended Illinois Weseleyn University, in Bloomington, IL, where she received her BA in Fine Art in 1950. She then went on to study printmaking at the University of Colorado in Boulder where she was the first woman to receive her MFA in her program in 1952. She taught printmaking and art history at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois in the mid 50's and 60's. Her work has been shown throughout the USA. Pieces have hung in the Toledo Museum of art and sold to major corporations and private individuals across the country. less