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Inscriptions
lower right, in graphite: [C ?] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in graphite: Quinn sale Feb 10(?) 1927 / Drwg from portfolio 404 bought by AB Davies [parentheses part of inscription] ; lower right, in graphite: 404/2[5?] ; ON SEPARATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER, verso of secondary support, upper center, printed in brown ink on green paper: DURAND-RUEL / PARIS, 18 Rue Laffitte / NEW-YORK, 389, Fifth avenue / P. de Chavannes [inscribed in brown ink] No 6500 [6500 inscribed in brown ink] / Etude. [inscribed in brown ink] ; ON SEPARATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER, verso of secondary support, upper right, in brown ink on pink paper: Chavannes No [No printed in black ink] 2432 [partially masked] / Etude
Provenance
estate of the artist, Paris (Lugt 2104, upper right, in black ink). [Durand-Ruel & Sons, Paris and New York] (according to label of verso of secondary support and Quinn sale cat.); John Quinn (not stamped, not in Lugt); [his sale, New York, American Art Association, Inc., 9-11 Feb. 1927, lot 404] (photocopy of cat. in departmental file); A.B. Davies (according to inscription on verso of secondary support)
Exhibition history
Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- black chalk
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 37.3 x 21.6 cm (14 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 45.9 x 27.2 cm (18 1/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. E. A. Guerber in memory of Louise G. Burroughs
- Accession no.
- 1986.130
More by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00012033
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