Preliminary Drawing for "A Donkey-Team (Attelage d'ânes)"
c. 1904
Artist, French, 1881 - 1913
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite and black conté crayon on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 36 × 48.3 cm (14 3/16 × 19 in.)
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Accession
2015.143.162
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Collection of Paul L. Feiss, Cleveland, OH, by 1914; by inheritance to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Feiss, 1952; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1971); acquired 2015 by t he National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
recto: at lower left, in graphite:Bernard [underlined] B de Monvel; at bottom center, in graphite, in later hand: Attelage d'ânes; verso: various editorial annotations in black chalk, graphite, and blue pencil
Markings
recto: printed in black ink on label pasted at upper left: 7655; verso: written in black ink on Art Department, The Century Co. label at upper left: Tracking with Trackers / Attelage d'ânes; B. B. de Monvel; stamped in red ink at top center: ART DEPARTMENT / The CENTURY Co. / 33 East 17th St. / NEW YORK CITY
Watermarks
none