Provenance
From the artist to Francisco “Paco” Durrio (1868–1940), Paris, between 1893 and 1895 [Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2013]; left by Francisco “Paco” Durrio at Kunsthalle Basel for exhibition in 1928 [Basel, 1928]; Walther Geiser (1897–1993), Basel, by Jan. 1931 [Geiser personal papers]; consigned by Walther Geiser to Lucas Lichtenhan (1897–1969), Basel, on Jan. 18, 1931 [Gesier personal papers]; returned by Lucas Lichtenhan to Walther Geiser in 1936 [Geiser personal papers]; sold at Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.
Sketches of Figures and Foliage (recto); Profile of Charles Laval with Palm Tree and Other Sketches (verso)
1887
Accession Number
113991
Medium
Black fabricated chalk with watercolor, on mottled blue wove paper with blue fibers, altered to light gray (recto); black fabricated chalk, with pen and brown ink, on mottled blue wove paper with blue fibers, altered to bluish-gray (verso) (removed from a sketchbook)
Dimensions
26.9 × 20.4 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
crayon
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
