Provenance
St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, to at least 1922 [Lugt Supp. 2699a; Monod and Hautecoeur 1922]. Hermitage, Leningrad, by May 1932 [the drawing was included in the May 26, 1932, Hermitage sale, at C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, as lot 48, but was not sold according to F. Carlo Schmid of Boerner]. Private collection; sold, Christie's, London, March 26, 1968, anonymous sale, lot 77, to John P. Hardy [according to Hartford 1976]. Sold by Paul Drey Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute, 1968.
Accession Number
29903
Medium
Black chalk, with stumping and black crayon, red and brown chalk, heightened with white chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
50.7 × 29.4 cm (20 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Credit Line
Helen Regenstein Collection