William Stauffer – Study of Arm and Shoulder
Study of a Male Arm
Not signed – stamp “Cours d’Anatomy 1911-1912”
We are not certain whether Stauffer is the author of this work, but it was acquired in the same group of drawings as the signed female nude which is in a similar style and on the same paper, so this work is likely by the same artist.
Pencil drawing on Blue Gray Ingres Paper.
Condition: Sheet is torn on lower edge of right side (as shown)
William Stauffer
May 4, 1879 La Chaux-de-Fonds - January 18.1954 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Also known as: Henri-William Stauffer
Swiss artist Henri-William Stauffer was a painter and professor of art at the Ecole des Beaux-arts (School of Fine Art) in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchatel. He is particularly known for his beautiful studies of male and female nudes.