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Charles Gounod
Provenance
Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Paris; by descent to his wife (née Anna Zimmermann; died 1906), Paris; by descent to her daughter, Baronne Pierre de Lassus Saint-Genies (née Jeanne Gounod; died 1946) [Washington D.C. 1999]; sold to Galerie Hector Brame, Paris, about 1942 [Washington DC 1999]; sold by Cesar de Hauke (Galerie Hector Brame) to Chauncey McCormick (1884-1954), Chicago, 1947 [Washington DC 1999]; by descent to his wife (née Deering; 1886-1965); by descent to her sons, Charles Deering McCormick (died 1994), Brooks McCormick (1917-2006), and Roger McCormick; given to the Art Institute, 1964.
Exhibition history
Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso," October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p., cat. 31 (ill.). Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977, pp. 89-90, cat. 41 (ill.). The Art Institute of Chicago, "Great Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago: The Harold Joachim Years 1958-1983," July 24-September 30, 1985, pp. 112-113, cat. 48 (ill.), cat. by Martha Tedeschi; traveled to the St. Louis Art Museum, March 10-May 16, 1986. Germany, Kunsthalle Tübingen, "Ingres and Delacroix" September, 3-October 26, 1986; Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts, November 6-December 21, 1986. Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, "Portraits by Ingres," May 23-August 22, 1999; and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 27, 1999-January 2, 2000, cat. 117, reprod. p. 347. Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)," February 20-May 15, 2006, cat. 128, p. 311 (ill.).
Publications
Hans Naef, “Portrait Drawings by Ingres in The Art Institute of Chicago,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 1 (1966), pp. 66-83, fig. 1. John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (London, 1970), pp. 156-157 (ill.). Herold Joachim, “Trois siècles de portraits dessinés à l’Art Institute de Chicago,” L’Oeil, 255 (October 1976), p. 6, no. 3 (ill.). Pierre Rosenberg, From Drawing to Painting: Poussin, Watteau, Fragonard, David, and Ingres (Princeton, 2000). The Art Institute of Chicago, Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago, selected by James N. Wood with commentaries by Debra N. Mancoff (Chicago, 2000), 194 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean–Auguste–Dominique Ingres / French, 1780–1867
- Date
- 1841
- Medium
- Graphite on ivory wove paper, discolored to cream
- Dimensions
- 29.9 × 23.3 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- graphite
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Charles Deering McCormick, Brooks McCormick, and the Estate of Roger McCormick
- Accession no.
- 1964.77
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