Lot Essay
A preparatory sketch for the picture, dated 1874-77, G. Ackerman, (see The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme, London, 1986, no. 240)
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Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)
Femme maure au Bain (recto); and La tête d'un Homme barbu (verso)
signed 'J. L. Gérôme' (recto); black and white chalk on paper, watermark of a bunch of grapes
18 7/8 x 13¾in. (48 x 35cm.)
Femme maure au Bain (recto); and La tête d'un Homme barbu (verso)
signed 'J. L. Gérôme' (recto); black and white chalk on paper, watermark of a bunch of grapes
18 7/8 x 13¾in. (48 x 35cm.)