1887-1888
30.7 x 23.4 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.) framed: 57 x 47.5 cm (22 7/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
Émile Verhaeren, Brussels, by 1892 (d. 1916); M. and Mme Émile Laffon, Paris; their sale, Savoy Hotel, Zürich, April 8, 1938, no. 74 (bought in; CHF 141,000); acquired from Mme Laffon through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop, April 1939 (Fr 150,000); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Graphite on wove oatmeal paper; verso: graphite
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on pale gray modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite and white chalk on buff wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink with touches of blue watercolor on off-white laid paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor on blue paper, faded
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on buff paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on cream wove paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream wove paper, foxed, laid down. In some areas the acidic ink has eaten into the paper; pin holes at the four corners.
18th-19th centuryFrench