Tête-à-tête
1764
Artist, French, 1703 - 1770

Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk heightened with white on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 33.5 x 23.1 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
support: 38.4 x 28.2 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1942.9.657
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Catalogue Raisonné
Ananoff 1966, no. 248
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1936
Drawings, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT, 1936, no. 95.
1940
Master Drawings: An Exhibition of Drawings from American Museums and Private Collections, Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA, 1940, no. 7, repro.
1944
French Prints and Drawings of the XVIIIth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1944-1945, no catalogue.
1950
Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950-1951, no. 66, repro.
1961
An Exhibition of French Masters: Rococo to Romanticism. UCLA Art Galleries, Los Angeles, 1961, no. 27.
1978
Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 84.
1997
Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.
Bibliography
1966
Ananoff, Alexandre. L'oeuvre dessine de Francois Boucher (1703-1770). Paris, 1966.
1973
Slatkin 1973, 82.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 675, no. 1080, color repro.
Inscriptions
lower center in graphite: fBoucher / 1764
Wikidata ID
Q64569740