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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1968.42.16
People
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
Title
Composition Study; verso: blank page
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
c. 1758
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295950

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
24.3 x 16.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, by descent?; to his heirs. Georges Huot, his great-grandson, sold; to George S. Hellman, New York, sold [through Kende Galleries, New York, April 10, 1952, lot 75]. Ira Spanierman. Martin Reymert and Gerald Norman, New York and London, sold; to Fogg Art Musuem, 1968

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Accession Year
1968
Object Number
1968.42.16
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • HAA 271x The Origins of Modernity: The "New" 18th Century Rotation #1: Large Niche (S426A) Spring 2011, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/14/2011 - 03/05/2011

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