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Bust of a Woman, head on hand

(French, 1813–1894)
1863
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink over pencil on medium weight wove paper, mounted down at edges on a sheet of dark cream laid paper with studies of a pitcher, book, jar, and hat in graphite on the verso (by Jacque?)
DimensionsSheet: 10.7 x 10.0 cm (4 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Mount: 23.5 x 21.2 cm (9 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Paul and Helen Bernat
Accession number1987.518
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsDated ? in pen and brown ink, upper left, obscured by hatching strokes: "24 9 63" ?. Signed with initials in pen and brown ink, upper right: "Ch. J."
ProvenanceHelen and Paul (b. 1902, Boston) Bernat; acquired October 1987
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