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Nude (Nu synthétiste)

(Irish, 1860–1940)
about 1886
Medium/TechniqueBlack crayon on paper
DimensionsSheet: 23.3 x 31.9 cm (9 3/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
Framed: 35.6 x 42.9 x 1.9 cm (14 x 16 7/8 x 3/4 in.)
Credit LineFrank M. and Mary T. B. Ferrin Fund and museum purchase with funds donated by Davis and Carol Noble
Accession number2011.365
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
Provenance1940, by inheritance from the artist to his widow, Renée Honta (b. 1894 - d. 1955), Nueil-sur-Layon, France; 1955, bequeathed by Renée Honta to her maid, Mrs. B., and given or sold by her to the family physician, Dr. Robelet, France; October 14, 2009, Dr. Robelet sale, Thierry Lanon & Associés, Brest, France, lot 354, to Galerie Laura Pecheur, Paris; 2011, sold by Galerie Laura Pecheur to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2011)