DrawingsFrench19th century

Study for "James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot"

c. 1867-1868

Artists

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar DegasArtist

James TissotSitter

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Prepared chalk on two pieces of tan wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

32.8 × 41.2 cm (12 15/16 × 16 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Atelier Degas (Lugt 657), sold [through Vente III (Lugt 658), Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 7-8, 1919, no. 158.1]; to [Henri Fiquet, Paris]. [César Mange de Hauke, New York], gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930

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