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Sale 2556 | Lot 126
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![4 thin vertical drawings showing closeups of woman's face](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/7/7/777357.jpg)
![4 thin vertical drawings showing closeups of woman's face](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3147_copy.jpg)
![nude with long blonde hair lounging on chaise](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3139_copy.jpg)
![Bettie Page, model, dancing in Egyptian-style skirt and headdress](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3142_copy.jpg)
![nude lying on chaise with arms and legs elevated](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3143_copy.jpg)
![Bettie Page, model, smiling standing on the balls of her feet with arms raised](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3145_copy.jpg)
![reclining woman draped in fabric](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3150_copy.jpg)
![Bunny Yeager, model, in toga kneeling next to clay vase against blue sky](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3136_copy.jpg)
![Bunny Yeager, model, in toga kneeling next to clay vase against blue sky (very preliminary)](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3151_copy.jpg)
![Bunny Yeager, in toga kneeling next to clay vase against blue sky (preliminary), foxing on surface](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3152_copy.jpg)
![black and white photograph that was basis for paintings of blonde woman in toga kneeling next to clay vase](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3155_copy.jpg)
![preliminary sketch on onionskin for paintings of blonde woman in toga (recto)](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3174_copy.jpg)
![preliminary sketch on onionskin for paintings of blonde woman in toga (verso, showing collaged hand holding chalk)](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3175_copy.jpg)
![topless woman seated on stool wearing large hat with polka dots](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3154_copy.jpg)
![mechanical reproduction of illustration with applied handwork featuring well-dressed woman outside airport](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3157_copy.jpg)
![mechanical reproduction of illustration with applied handwork featuring heads of 4 women](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3158_copy.jpg)
![kneeling nude woman displaying breasts and clutching sheet between her legs](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3161_copy.jpg)
![topless woman sitting cross-legged in ruffled lingerie](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3162_copy.jpg)
![4 cutouts of charcoal sketches on onion skin featuring woman dancing](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3163_copy.jpg)
![mechanical reproduction of illustration with applied handwork featuring portrait of smiling young woman](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3164_copy.jpg)
![standing woman smiling and posing in lingerie](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3165_copy.jpg)
![mechanical reproduction with applied handwork of woman standing against a wall with a guitar. Caption reads "Renata Seydel: Photo taken in front of her parent's apartment"](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3166_copy.jpg)
![8 close-up charcoal studies of eyes, with collaged profile of woman's face applied](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3167_copy.jpg)
![6 close-up charcoal studies of mouths collaged onto board. discolorations to board indicate that several pieces missing](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3182_copy.jpg)
![portrait of woman with long dark hair accompanied by sheet showing mechanical reproduction](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3168_copy.jpg)
![sheet with 4 charcoal studies of legs and feet](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3169_copy.jpg)
![3/4-length profile of well-dressed woman, with frontal portrait of her face behind](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3170_copy.jpg)
![seated woman with long dark hair covering herself with fabric](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3156_copy.jpg)
![preliminary charcoal sketch of seated woman with long dark hair covering herself with fabric](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3171_copy.jpg)
![very preliminary charcoal sketch of seated woman with long hair covering herself with fabric](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3173_copy.jpg)
![woman's smiling face in profile](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3172_copy.jpg)
![portrait showing head and bare shoulders of woman with short dark hair](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3176_copy.jpg)
![group of 8 cutouts of charcoal sketches - 6 featuring woman's head and profile, and 2 basic full-length figure studies](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3178_copy.jpg)
![1 small sheet featuring 10 ink studies of face and hair of various women; 1 small sheet of 3 rough charcoal sketches of woman seated on bed](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3179_copy.jpg)
![sheet with 4 studies of woman's face in progressive states of completion; 2 sheets showing mechanical reproductions of studies](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3180_copy.jpg)
![nude woman standing on one leg and raising arms in air](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3181_copy.jpg)
![dark-haired woman in dress and gloves reclining on bed](https://www.swanngalleries.com/media/mediashare/lof/gallery/album/i/m/img_3183_copy.jpg)
Sale 2556 - Lot 126
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
TONY FLOREANI; and Bunny Yeager
Archive of 35 instructional drawings created for their book 'Drawing the Human Figure Using Photographs" (New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc; London: Thomas Yoseloff, Ltd., 1965). All drawings in Floreani's hand. Mixed media, but primarily graphite, ink, charcoal, collage, and wash on paper, board, or onion skin; one large image is rendered in progressive states, with watercolor, tempera, and gouache on board. Sizes vary from roughly 253x203mm; 10x8 inches, to 558x432 mm; 22x17 inches. Condition varies. A copy of the book in dust jacket accompanies the artwork.
Provenance: Grapefruit Moon Gallery/Archives of Bunny Yeager.
A fascinating working archive. Yeager, the famous glamour photographer, and her close friend and creative partner, the commercial artist Tony Floreani, collaborated on this well-received book showing step-by-step instructions on how to draw the female figure. Yeager herself serves as the model for several of the designs, as does glamour girl Maria Stinger, and Yeager's best-known subject, Bettie Page (pictured in two of the larger scale drawings). The images show women in various poses, both clothed and nude, details of facial features, portraits, and several smaller, rough-cut diagrammatic sketches on tracing paper or onion skin. While Yeager and Floreani conceived and designed the full publication, the drawings are all by Floreani.
Archive of 35 instructional drawings created for their book 'Drawing the Human Figure Using Photographs" (New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc; London: Thomas Yoseloff, Ltd., 1965). All drawings in Floreani's hand. Mixed media, but primarily graphite, ink, charcoal, collage, and wash on paper, board, or onion skin; one large image is rendered in progressive states, with watercolor, tempera, and gouache on board. Sizes vary from roughly 253x203mm; 10x8 inches, to 558x432 mm; 22x17 inches. Condition varies. A copy of the book in dust jacket accompanies the artwork.
Provenance: Grapefruit Moon Gallery/Archives of Bunny Yeager.
A fascinating working archive. Yeager, the famous glamour photographer, and her close friend and creative partner, the commercial artist Tony Floreani, collaborated on this well-received book showing step-by-step instructions on how to draw the female figure. Yeager herself serves as the model for several of the designs, as does glamour girl Maria Stinger, and Yeager's best-known subject, Bettie Page (pictured in two of the larger scale drawings). The images show women in various poses, both clothed and nude, details of facial features, portraits, and several smaller, rough-cut diagrammatic sketches on tracing paper or onion skin. While Yeager and Floreani conceived and designed the full publication, the drawings are all by Floreani.