Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003135The Crevasse
Inscriptions
Dated 1860
Provenance
By descent to the artist's son, Paul Bresdin; sold to Pierre Alexandre Regnault (died 1954), Laren, Holland, 1929; sold to a private collector, Holland and New York; sold to Louis Black of Goulston & Storrs, Boston [all provenance is according to a letter from Louis Black to Carl Schniewind dated April 4, 1949 in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 1949.
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. 51 (ill.). Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977, p. 106, cat. 50 (ill.).
Publications
David Becker, "Bresdin dessinateur", Rodolphe Bresdin (1822-1885) Ou Robinson Graveur (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Spring 2000). Nathan Goldstein, The Art of Responsive Drawing, 5th ed. (Upper Saddle River, N.J., 1999), pp. 321-323, fig. 11.13.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Rodolphe Bresdin / French, 1825-1885
- Date
- 1860
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, on cream tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 21.1 × 15.8 cm (8 5/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- pen and ink drawings
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Print and Drawing Club Fund
- Accession no.
- 1949.77
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