c. 1880
17.5 x 17.5 cm (6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Mme Manet. Artist's widow. Baron d'Estournelles de Constant. Durand-Ruel, Paris. 1920 (Durand-Ruel no. 11715) Hériot, Paris. 1924 Scott & Fowles, New York, sold to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1925. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest to Fogg, 1943.
Graphite and dark tan wash over the face on off-white wove paper, laid down
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