Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006163Bourgeois Interior
Inscriptions
Inscribed verso, in graphite (most probably by Octave Maus): "Georges Lemmen/No. 5 Etude pour le No.1"
Provenance
Sold by the artist to Édouard Kohn (1825–1895), Paris, 1891 [Indianapolis 2014]. Kunsthandlung Gauss, Munich. Allan Frumkin (1926–2002), Chicago, probably by 1963 [Chicago 1963]; by descent to his wife, Jean, New York, from 2002. Jill Newhouse, New York, 2007. Art Research, Feldmeilen, Switzerland. Private collection, Belgium, by 2014; sold by Eric Gillis, Brussels, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2015.
Exhibition history
Brussels, Les XX, Feb. 1891, cat. 5. Paris, Salon des Indépendants, 1891, cat. 757. Art Institute of Chicago, "Chicago Collectors," Sept. 20–Oct. 27, 1963, p. 6. Indianapolis Museum of Art, "The Neo-Impressionist Portrait 1886-1904," June 15–Sept. 7, 2014, pl. 14, p. 97; also Brussels, ING Cultural Centre, Feb. 19–May 18, 2014. Art Institute of Chicago, "Master Drawings Unveiled: 25 Years of Major Acquisitions," Aug. 27, 2016–Jan. 29, 2017, no cat.
Publications
"Aux XX," L'Art Moderne 16, 25 (Apr. 19, 1891), p. 128. Neffe-Degandt Fine Art, Selected Paintings and Works on Paper (Neffe-Degandt Fine Art, 2007), pp. 80–81.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Georges Lemmen / Belgian, 1865-1916
- Date
- 1890/91
- Medium
- Charcoal, with stumping and black Conté crayon, with touches of white gouache, on cream laid paper, fixed
- Dimensions
- 47 × 59.3 cm (18 9/16 × 23 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- charcoal
- Place
- Belgium
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Suzanne and Marjorie Pochter and Print and Drawing Funds
- Accession no.
- 2015.218
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