Lot Essay
A drawing of the same man, seated in profile to the left, is in the Louvre, L.-A. Prat, op. cit., no. 1080. Louis-Antoine Prat dated it to 1855.
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Portrait of a man (recto); Portrait of a young boy and study of a head (verso)
Details
Thodore Chassriau (1819-1856)
Chassriau, T.
Portrait of a man (recto); Portrait of a young boy and study of a head (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on light brown paper
9.1/8 x 9.1/8 in. (232 x 232 mm.)
Chassriau, T.
Portrait of a man (recto); Portrait of a young boy and study of a head (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on light brown paper
9.1/8 x 9.1/8 in. (232 x 232 mm.)
Provenance
The artist's studio stamp (L. 443).
Baron Arthur Chassriau.
Collection Mondsir.
Anon. sale; Strasburg, 17 November 1989, lot 206.
Baron Arthur Chassriau.
Collection Mondsir.
Anon. sale; Strasburg, 17 November 1989, lot 206.
Literature
L. Bndite, Thodore Chassriau, sa vie et son oeuvre, Paris, 1932, p. 61, illustrated.
C. Sterling, 'Chassriau et Degas', Beaux-Arts, 1933, XXI, p. 2. M. Sandoz, Chassriau, 1986, no. 107, illustrated.
L.-A. Prat, Inventaire gnral des dessins. Ecole Franaise. Dessins de Thodore Chassriau (1819-1856), Paris, 1988, under no. 1080.
L.-A. Prat, 'Thodore Chassriau', Cahiers du Dessin Franais, 1988, no. 213.
C. Sterling, 'Chassriau et Degas', Beaux-Arts, 1933, XXI, p. 2. M. Sandoz, Chassriau, 1986, no. 107, illustrated.
L.-A. Prat, Inventaire gnral des dessins. Ecole Franaise. Dessins de Thodore Chassriau (1819-1856), Paris, 1988, under no. 1080.
L.-A. Prat, 'Thodore Chassriau', Cahiers du Dessin Franais, 1988, no. 213.
Exhibited
Paris, Muse de l'Orangerie, Chassriau, 1933, no. 195.
Paris, Galerie Daber, Chassriau, 1976, no. 30.
Paris, Galerie Daber, Chassriau, 1976, no. 30.