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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

The Violinist, c. 1880

Not on View

Medium

black and white chalk with graphite on blue paper

Dimensions

overall: 35.9 x 23.9 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

2007.66.1.a

Artists / Makers

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (artist) French, 1824 - 1898

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

the artist's studio stamp (Lugt 2104)

Provenance

(Patrick Derom Gallery, New York); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Galerie Patrick Derom

Exhibition History

1967: Drawings of Importance from 1860 to 1960, Roland, Browse, and Delbanco, London, 1967.

2008: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 117.

Bibliography

1967: Roberts, Keith. "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London" The Burlington Magazine 109 (1967): 380, fig. 67.

1977: d'Argencourt, Louise. Puvis de Chavannes 1824 - 1898. Ottawa, 1977: 31? ("sketch of a violinist in an English collection")

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