LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Black chalk, heightened with white

Size Notes:

137 by 180 mm; 5? by 7 in.

Description:

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Markings:

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Condition:

Laid down on the remains of an old decorative mount. There is some very minor toning to the sheet. The black chalk media remains in very good condition throughout, with the image strong. Sold unframed.

Literature:

P. Rosenberg, Fragonard, exhib. cat., Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987-88, p. 179, reproduced fig. 3

Provenance:

Private Collection, Paris; Walter L. Strauss, New York (1922-1988), thence by descent