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LOÏS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1998) Nude Study. Charcoal drawing on laid paper,1927. 635x343 mm; 25x13 1/2 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Provenance: collection of the artist; thence by descent to the Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust. Exhibited: Reflective Moments: Loïs Mailou Jones, 1930-1972, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 11 - April 15, 1973; Against All Odds: African-American Artists and the Harmon Foundation, the Newark Museum, Newark, January 13 - April 15, 1990. With the labels on the frame back. Illustrated: Benjamin, Tritobia Hayes, The Life and Art of Loïs Mailou Jones, 1994, p. 70. This drawing was completed while Loïs Mailou Jones was a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts from 1923-1927. This drawing is a scarce example of her classical figure drawing, which was a staple of the fine arts curriculum, and is the earliest known drawing by Jones to come to auction.