19th century
31.7 x 25 cm (12 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Raymond Balze, Paris, 1909. Balze Family, France, by descent, 1909, Sale, Vendome, Hotel des Ventes, 1998. Sale date: 15 February 1998, lot 111. Title of sale catalogue: "Les Freres Balze," Depuis ses origines, ce fonds d'atelier a été conservé dans la famille Balze W. M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, Purchase at sale, 1998, Sale to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 2000. Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Beverly Farms, MA, Purchase from W.M. Brady and Co., 2000.
Brown ink with brown and gray wash on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on yellowed tracing paper heightened with white gouache
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream wove paper, foxed, laid down. In some areas the acidic ink has eaten into the paper; pin holes at the four corners.
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchGraphite on thin white wove paper.
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with scraping on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and wash on beige paper
19th centuryFrench