c. 1862
25.2 x 17.5 cm (9 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Edouard Manet , gift; to Zacharie Astruc. Mlle Dieterle. [Jacques Seligmann & Co., Paris (by 1934-1936); sold, December 1, 1936]; to Martin Birnbaum for Grenville L. Winthrop (1936-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Notes: 1. The drawing is listed as number 5672 in the Jacques Seligmann & Co. stock catalogue from 1934-1935 (Jacques Seligmann & Co. archives, Archives of American Art online). The drawing may have been at Seligmann’s before 1934; it was sold in 1936 (see note 2). 2. In correspondence with Paul Sachs dated December 1, 1936, Martin Birnbaum reports that he has just purchased this drawing for Mr. Winthrop (object file, Harvard Art Museums).
Black ink on cream wove paper
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19th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk, and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down, framing lines in black ink
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