Art Institute of Chicago
Study for Paris Street; Rainy Day
Gustave CaillebotteLinkedCulture matchlcp-032ad641afae
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- Graphite, with touches of erasing and touches of charcoal, on tan, moderately thick, moderately textured handmade laid paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 210484
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This preparatory drawing seems to have been freely sketched on the spot before being laid out in the studio with a straightedge and compass to regularize the perspective lines.
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- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Jentes Family Foundation
- Provenance
- By descent from the artist (died 1894) to his family; given to Kirk Varnedoe (1946–2003), New York, 1976; by descent to his wife, Elyn Zimmerman, New York, 2003 [New York 2006 auction cat.]; sold through James Goodman Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2011.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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