Study of a Woman (Abundance)

1895

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Associated Names
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

The image is a sketch of a person standing upright. The person's head is slightly tilted and their gaze is directed forward. The facial features are depicted with bold lines, including the eyes and nose. The hair is drawn with flowing lines that frame the face and cascade down the shoulders. The figure is draped in a flowing garment that wraps around the lower body, leaving the upper torso exposed. The left arm is extended downward, and the right arm is slightly bent at the elbow with an open hand. Small circular shapes are drawn around the hand. The background consists of sketch-like strokes creating a textured effect around the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 39.3 x 24.2 cm (15 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.162.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boyer and Cate 1991, no. 57

  • Series Title

    L'Estampe originale (Album IX)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ira and Virginia Jackson Collection, Houston; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Boyer, Patricia Eckert, and Phillip Dennis Cate. L'Estampe originale: Artistic Printmaking in France 1893 - 1895. Zwolle, 1991.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 26 P. P. C.

Wikidata ID

Q76355658

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