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 on tracing paper, darkened and adhered to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchPencil on gray paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and brown wash on cream laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, black crayon, with touches of graphite and white chalk corrections, scraping and extensive stumping, on cream wove paper, darkened
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk, laid down on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and gouache on off-white wove paper, slightly darkened
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and white chalk on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrench