Lot Essay
The present drawing is a reworked counterproof of a drawing now in the Louvre, inv. 26649, A. Ananoff, op. cit,, no. 148, illustrated
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DIAN WOODNER AND ANDREA WOODNER
JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD* (1732-1806)
Details
JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD* (1732-1806)
Heads in Profile, including a seraph
black chalk counterproof, reworked with brown wash
7 3/4 x 11 1/4in. (198 x 285mm.)
Heads in Profile, including a seraph
black chalk counterproof, reworked with brown wash
7 3/4 x 11 1/4in. (198 x 285mm.)
Provenance
H. Walferdin, Drouot, Paris, 12-16 April 1880, lot 245 (140 Francs to Lacroix)
M. Derenaucourt, Drouot, Paris, 7 April 1883, lot 37 (130 Francs to Beaumont)
F. Flameng, Drouot, Paris, 26 March 1919, lot 109 (1700 Francs to Meyer)
C. Groult, Paris
A. Ananoff (his mark, not in Lugt)
M. Derenaucourt, Drouot, Paris, 7 April 1883, lot 37 (130 Francs to Beaumont)
F. Flameng, Drouot, Paris, 26 March 1919, lot 109 (1700 Francs to Meyer)
C. Groult, Paris
A. Ananoff (his mark, not in Lugt)
Literature
P. Portalis, Fragonard, Paris, 1889, p.300
A. Ananoff, L'oeuvre dessinée de Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Paris, 1961, no. 149, illustrated
A. Ananoff, L'oeuvre dessinée de Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Paris, 1961, no. 149, illustrated