Study of a Classical Head
December 9, 1918
20th Century
25 in. x 19 in.
Bertram Bruestle,
American,
(April 24, 1902–March 16, 1967)
Medium and Support:
charcoal on paper
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Estate of Mildred Bruestle
Accession Number:
1997.10.23.b
A charcoal figure study of a Classical sculpture of a male head. Academic drawing done in the Preparatory course at the National Academy of Design. Study appears on the back of another drawing of a nude model. Part of 85 sketches by George and Bertram Bruestle including landscapes, portraits, figurative, and architectural. They were retrieved from the Bruestle house in Lyme after Mrs. Bruestle's death in 1997.