19th century
There is a more finished drawing of the same subject at the Art Institute of Chicago, Baigneuses dans la Montagne.
actual: 13.2 x 14.3 cm (5 3/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Rodolphe Bresdin. estate stamp (not in Lugt) Paul Bresdin. artist's son D. G. Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, 1930. Provenance uncertain J. Fred Bianchi, Amsterdam. Sale: Amsterdam, 23-27 November 1964, lot 848 Adolph Schwarz, Amsterdam-Amstelveen. Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, CA. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from R.M. Light & Co., 1991, sold to HUAM, 1993. Long term loan to HUAM from June 1991 to 1993
Brown wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBrown ink on off-white laid paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and white chalk on tan wove paper, darkened, laid down
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on brown paper
19th centuryFrenchTransparent watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and black crayon on tan card
19th-20th centuryFrenchGraphite
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon with white and red highlights on cream paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchCharcoal and black crayon with stumping, scratchwork and lifting on buff wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrench