Art Institute of Chicago
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
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
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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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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