Tête-à-tête

1764

François Boucher

Artist, French, 1703 - 1770

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • 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

  • 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


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