19th century
There is a more finished drawing of the same subject at the Art Institute of Chicago, Baigneuses dans la Montagne.
actual: 13.2 x 14.3 cm (5 3/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Rodolphe Bresdin. estate stamp (not in Lugt) Paul Bresdin. artist's son D. G. Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, 1930. Provenance uncertain J. Fred Bianchi, Amsterdam. Sale: Amsterdam, 23-27 November 1964, lot 848 Adolph Schwarz, Amsterdam-Amstelveen. Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, CA. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from R.M. Light & Co., 1991, sold to HUAM, 1993. Long term loan to HUAM from June 1991 to 1993
Black chalk, graphite, and white chalk on tan wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on white wove paper, laid down
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink on tracing paper, darkened and adhered to wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on pale blue laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown wash over graphite on white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on cream wove paper; verso: graphite
19th centuryFrench