Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands

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Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands

Jean Antoine WatteauLinkedCulture matchlcp-319ad702b014

Date
1712/13
Medium
Red chalk on cream laid paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
158393

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The Art Institute boasts a small but choice selection of drawings by Antoine Watteau. This early example of his virtuoso draftsmanship in red chalk reflects his intimate knowledge of elegant materials and costumes, made famous in his print series the Figures de modes (Figures of Fashion). The spontaneity of the artist’s method is suggested in the pentimenti (changes to the composition) in the woman’s face.

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Credit line
Regenstein Collection Endowment
Provenance
Marie Joseph François Mahérault (1795-1879); sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 27-29, 1880, Mahérault sale, lot 289. Léon Michel-Lévy (1846-1925); sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 17-18, 1925, Michel-Lévy sale, lot 117, to Dewur [annotated sale catalogue]. Possibly Mrs. John Dewar, London [it is possible that the name in the annotated sale catalogue was spelled phonetically]. Mme. Firino-Martel, Paris, by 1957 [Parker and Mathey 1957]. Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 18, 1991, lot 5. Sold, Bordeaux, December 17, 1992. Sold by Galerie de la Scala to the Art Institute, 2002.

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