SPECTACULAR ANTIQUE E.C.ELDRIDGE NUDES DRAWING Start Price USD 675.00 Current Price USD 675.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 1,200.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 19, 2008 End Time Saturday, July 26, 2008 Location HISTORIC BOSTON See more about 'SPECTACULAR ANTIQUE E.C.ELDRIDGE NUDES DRAWING' Description WONDERFUL*ORIGINAL* PENCIL/CHARCOAL SKETCH DRAWING BY E.C. ELDRIDGE. UNFRAMED, SOME MINIMAL FRAYING ON PAPER ENDS, WHEN MATTED YOU WOULD NOT SEE THIS, NO TEARS OR HOLES OF ANY KIND ON THE BASE ARTWORK ITSELF. THE LEFT CORNER IS MISSING AS VIEWED IN PHOTO. WE FIND THIS PEICE OF ART IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE. NOTE THE SIGNATURE, ALSO REPRESENTS AND CONFIRMS THE "ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS IN PARIS" MEASURES 16 X 24" AND DRAWING IS ON WATERMARKED PAPER "CHAPRON E. COQUELIN" BELOW IS AN ARTICLE FROM THE MILWAUKEE SENTINEL DATED APRIL 6, 1888 "EDWIN C. ELDRIDGE, THE CURATOR, IS A NATIVE OF NEW YORK, NEPHEW AND NAMESAKE OF THE LATE E.C. ELDRIDGE, MULTIPLE MILLIONAIRE, OF ELMIRA, IN THAT STATE. SOME TEN YEARS AGO MR. ELDRIDGE BEGAN HIS ART STUDIES IN THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN AT NEW YORK, WHERE HIS TALENTS WERE FULLY RECOGNIZED AND MEASURABLY DEVELOPED. HE WAS THEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS A PUPIL AT THE ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS IN PARIS, STUDYING IN TURM UNDER THE SPECIAL INSTRUCTION OF GEROME AND DURAND. MR. ELDRIDGE ALSO SPENT TWO ACADEMIC YEARS AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY IN ANTWERP; THEN TWO WINTERS IN ROME AND FLORENCE, AND AS A MATTER OF COURSE HAS VISITED ALL THE EUROPEAN ART CENTERS. IN THE SPRING PRIOR TO MR. LAYTON'S FRIST ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS INTENTIONS TO ERECT AND ENDOW A PUBLIC ART GALLERY THESE GENTLEMEN WERE SO FORTUNATE AS TO MAKE ONE ANOTHER'S ACQUAINTANCE, AND HAVE SINCE BEEN IN INTIMATE CORRESPONDENCE. ALL OF WHICH MAY ACCOUNT FOR MR. LAYTON'S SELECTION OF MR. ELDRIDGE AS THE CUSTODIAN OF HIS ART TREASURES AND GIVE EVIDENCE OF THE WISDOM OF HIS CHOICE." FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO BIDDING, CHOOSE THE "BUY IT NOW" AND THE SHIPPING IS ON US. ONLY, YES, ONLY FOR THE CONTINENTAL U.S.A. ONLY!!! PLEASE DO NOT ASK US TO SHIP OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.A. UNLESS YOU ARE INQUIRING FROM FRANCE ONLY AND INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES WILL APPLY. FEEL FREE TO VIEW OUR ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF ESTATE FINDS FROM HISTORIC BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. AS WITH ALL WE ACCURATELY DESCRIBE TO THE VERY BEST OF OUR ABILITY IN WORDS AND PHOTOS, 100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE FOR YOUR AUCTION PRICE. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA, GO RED SOX!!!!! Place a Bid!