BERYL SWEENEY PRATT INSTITUTE ART FOLIO, C. 1907�8

BERYL SWEENEY (AMERICAN) COLLECTION OF APPROX. 18�20 WORKS ON PAPER HOUSED IN AN ORIGINAL PRATT INSTITUTE CANVAS PORTFOLIO BINDER. CHARCOAL, GRAPHITE, SANGUINE CHALK, INK AND GOUACHE / TEMPERA BLOCK STUDIES, AND DELICATE WATERCOLOUR WASHES ON TONED PAPER; VARIOUSLY SIGNED "BERYL SWEENEY", CIPHER MONOGRAMMED "MBS", DATED 1907�1908 AN EXTENSIVE AND ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS STUDENT PORTFOLIO FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS PRATT INSTITUTE BINDER MEASURES 24 X 19.25 IN BORN INTO THE PROMINENT SWEENEY FAMILY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, BERYL SWEENEY PURSUED FORMAL FINE AND APPLIED ART TRAINING AT THE PRATT INSTITUTE IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, DURING THE EARLY 1900S. HER STUDENT WORK REFLECTS RIGOROUS EDWARDIAN-ERA ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION, MASTERING LIFE DRAWING, CHARCOAL PORTRAITURE, RAPID ANATOMICAL SKETCHES, TONAL STUDIES, AND DECORATIVE DESIGN ALONGSIDE EMERGING INDUSTRIAL PRINCIPLES.