Elegant Lady Seated in a Chair

c. 1900

Jules Chéret

Associated Names
Jules Chéret

Artist, French, 1836 - 1932

The image shows a sketch of a seated woman in a three-quarters back view, sitting upright on a wooden chair. The woman has refined features with a hat adorned with feathers or floral elements and a veil. She wears a long gown with voluminous sleeves, typical of late 19th or early 20th-century fashion, and holds an umbrella or parasol in her right hand. The background is plain, emphasizing the woman's appearance and posture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk with white heightening on blue wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.3 × 25 cm (14 5/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.19.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris, 2007); A. Thompson Ellwanger III, 2007; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Galerie Paul Prouté S.A. Dessins et Estampes du XVIe au XXe Siècle. Catalogue 130, Paris, 2007 (June): 9, no. 21 (repro.).

Inscriptions

lower right in red chalk: Cheret; by later hand in graphite, lower right: a420; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 06804

Wikidata ID

Q64591590

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