Pensive Girl Adrift in a Boat

James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Associated Names
James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Artist, French, 1836 - 1902

The image features a person seated on a boat, leaning back and supporting their head with one hand. The person wears a hat with decorative elements and a flowing garment. Beside them is a small figure on the same surface. Rough sketches around the central figure show similar scenes, including a zoomed-out view of the boat. The background has stylized lines suggesting an outdoor setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on buff wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25.3 x 34.3 cm (9 15/16 x 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.1.58

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Julius S. Held [1905-2002], by 1979; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 48.

Inscriptions

lower center on the girl's dress in red chalk: paille; lower right in graphite: J.J.Tissot; later hand lower left verso in graphite: P / 143-8x

Wikidata ID

Q64580422

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