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Paul Cadmus American, 1904-1999 Envy #1, study for The Seven Deadly Sins, 1947 Graphite with siena, black and white chalk on tracing paper mounted on artist's vellum Sheet: 23 3/16 x 13 3/4 inches (slightly irregular); image 22 7/8 x 11 inches Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York Midtown Payson Galleries, New York DC Moore Gallery, New York Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller, Highland Park, IL Exhibited: New York, DC Moore Gallery, Paul Cadmus 90 Years of Drawing, May 5 - Jun. 19, 1998 In the mid-1940s Paul Cadmus began a series of panels in egg tempera depicting The Seven Deadly Sins. These paintings were shown in 1949 at Cadmus's third one-man exhibition at Midtown Galleries. This series, now in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, was featured in a solo exhibition of Cadmus's work in 1995, along with other works by the artist from the museum's collection. C A New England Collection
Hinged to mount at upper left and upper right. Conserved in 1998. Conservation report mounted to the backing. Report reads in part: ". . . mounted to artist's vellum, presumably to reinforce the sheet. Appears to have been mounted after the media were applied. The mounting . . . has caused some undulations in the paper support." Paper is very lightly toned. Irregular edges (more notably at the corners), not impacting the image itself. A repaired diagonal 2 inch tear at right center. Undulations do not appear significant.