Sheet of Studies, including a Skull
DrawingsFrench19th century

Sheet of Studies, including a Skull

c. 1868

Artists

Paul CézanneArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Graphite with splatters of watercolor on cream wove paper
Culture
French
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12.2 x 23 cm (4 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Ambroise Vollard, Paris]. [Waldimir Walter, Paris], sold; to [Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1937]. Erich Maria Remarque, Ascona, to; [Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, after 1939], to; John Rewald, New York (by 1953). [New Gallery, New York (?)]. [Eugene V. Thaw, New York]. Richard B. Sisson, New York (before 1965); bequest to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005

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