Ornamental Sketches with Grotesque Masks

Pierre Puget

Associated Names
Pierre Puget

Artist, French, 1620 - 1694

The image shows a collection of swirling pencil lines forming an abstract composition resembling faces. The central shape resembles a creature with curled horns, while two smaller formations below it suggest a lion and a human face. The composition evokes themes of classic grotesques, blending animal and human features with abstract elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.9 x 20.8 cm (11 3/4 x 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.2.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. E.E. James; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 16 May 1962 included in 236, a group of 11 drawings); purchased by (Julius H. Weitzner [1896-1986]); Nathan Chaikin, Switzerland; Leonard Baskin; (Lucien Goldschmidt, New York); purchased by NGA, 1974.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Exhibition of Old Master Drawings. Lucien Goldsschmidt, New York, 1973, no. 18.

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 55.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite, circled: 5

Wikidata ID

Q64619625

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