A model, Nancy, sits on a soft blue surface with their back turned to the viewer.

Nancy: Sketch at the New School, 1976, Oil on Canvas, 12 in x 16 in


Title: Nancy: Sketch at the New School
Artist: Sylvia Sleigh
Year: 1976                
Painting: Oil on Canvas
Size: 12" x 16" 

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While teaching as an adjunct instructor at the New School, Sylvia Sleigh painted alongside her students, which yielded a group of studies from the live model. These paintings, which were not conceived as “finished” works, reveal something of artist’s working method.

Study at the New School: Donna Anderson
Study at the New School: Robert Wamsganz
Demonstration Nude at the New School

Essay provided by Andrew Hottle © 2016-17
A letter of authenticity will be issued for each work by Dr. Andrew D. Hottle.
© Estate of Sylvia Sleigh

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