DrawingsFrench19th-20th century

Mother and Child

19th-20th century

Artists

Pierre-Auguste RenoirArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red and white chalk over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sheet: 47.9 × 34 cm (18 7/8 × 13 3/8 in.) mat: 67.9 × 53 cm (26 3/4 × 20 7/8 in.) frame: 73.5 × 58.6 × 2.7 cm (28 15/16 × 23 1/16 × 1 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Scott & Fowles, New York, January 5, 1926, sold;] to Grenville L. Winthrop, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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