c. 1866-1868
36.2 x 23 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Atelier Degas, sold; [through Vente IV, no. 248a, 1919]. M. de Zayas, New York, sold; to Paul J. Sachs, 1920, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.
Gray wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in red ink, adhered to cream wove card border
18th-19th centuryFrenchCharcoal and black and white chalk, squared in charcoal, on blue-gray wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk counterproof on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor, brown ink, graphite on cream paper
19th centuryFrenchCharcoal and white gouache on tan wove paper, darkened.
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk, squared in black chalk, on blue paper faded to gray-green within previous mat opening. Verso: Academic study of a male nude.
19th centuryFrenchTransparent and opaque watercolor with graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and traces of graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper
19th centuryFrench