Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005560Boy Reading
Inscriptions
Signed lower left, in image, in black chalk: "F Bonvin"
Provenance
Private Collection, Paris [according to Stoppenbach and Delestre]. Sold by Stoppenbacch and Delestre, Ltd., London, to the Art Institute, 1994.
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, "Master Drawings Unveiled: 25 Years of Major Acquisitions," August 27, 2016–January 29, 2017, no cat.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- François Bonvin / French, 1817-1887
- Date
- c. 1861
- Medium
- Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on white laid paper
- Dimensions
- 47.5 × 31.2 cm (18 3/4 × 12 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- chalk
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Harold Joachim Memorial Endowment Fund
- Accession no.
- 1994.101
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