Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Jean Antoine Watteau
A seated young woman, in a loose robe, her eyes downcast
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January 31, 05:59 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Jean Antoine Watteau
Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne
A seated young woman, in a loose robe, her eyes downcast
Black and red chalk counterproof, reworked by the artist
234 by 186 mm; 9¼ by 7 ⅜ in.
Camille Groult (1837-1908), Paris
by descent to his son, Jean Groult,
by decent to his son, Pierre Bordeaux-Groult in 1957;
Private Collection, New York;
Private Collection, England
by descent to his son, Jean Groult,
by decent to his son, Pierre Bordeaux-Groult in 1957;
Private Collection, New York;
Private Collection, England
R. Huyghe and H. Adhémar, Watteau, sa vie, son oeuvre, Paris, 1950, p. 223, under no. 169 (in which the provenance and references are incorrect);
K.T. Parker and J. Mathey, Antoine Watteau: catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, Paris, 1957, II, p. 317, no. 621;
M. Morgan Grasselli, 'The Drawings of Antoine Watteau: Stylistic Development and Problems of Chronology', unpublished PhD thesis, Harvard University, 1987, p. 298, note 78;
M. Morgan Grasselli, 'Eighteen drawings by Antoine Watteau: A chronological study', Master Drawings, XXXI, no. 2, 1993, p. 116, under no. 10;
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721: catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan, 1996, II, p. 836-7, no. 500.
K.T. Parker and J. Mathey, Antoine Watteau: catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, Paris, 1957, II, p. 317, no. 621;
M. Morgan Grasselli, 'The Drawings of Antoine Watteau: Stylistic Development and Problems of Chronology', unpublished PhD thesis, Harvard University, 1987, p. 298, note 78;
M. Morgan Grasselli, 'Eighteen drawings by Antoine Watteau: A chronological study', Master Drawings, XXXI, no. 2, 1993, p. 116, under no. 10;
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau 1684-1721: catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan, 1996, II, p. 836-7, no. 500.
Tokyo, Wildenstein, Les Grands Maîtres du dessin français du XVIIIe siècle: Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, 1995, no. 4
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