An Elegant Young Woman in a Garden

Provenance

Regina Shoolman Slatkin, New York, by 1966 [New York 1966]; Laura Slatkin , to 2002. Sotheby's, New York, January 26, 2005, lot 150, (bought in). Given by Lowell Libson Ltd., London, to the Art Institute, 2005.

Exhibition history

New York, Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, "Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors," 1966, cat. 64, pl. 62 [as P.E. Moitte]. Chicago, Kovler Gallery, "An Exhibition of French and Italian Drawings, 16th-20th Centuries," June-July 1968, cat. 33 (ill.) [as P.E. Moitte]. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Calif. 1972 (?) [acc. to label on back of drawing].

Quick Overview

Artist: Alexandre Moitte / French, 1750-1828
Date: c. 1785
Medium: Black chalk on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 19.2 × 14.5 cm (7 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: graphite
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Lowell Libson in honor of the Regenstein family and the Regenstein Foundation
Accession no.: 2005.584

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.