1965.245: Henry Leroy, as a Child

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.245

People

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French (Paris 1796 - 1875 Ville d'Avray)

Title

Henry Leroy, as a Child

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1845-1850

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296746

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite, with a ruled border line in brown ink, on white wove paper

Dimensions

27.5 x 25 cm (10 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: Corot

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Paul J. and Meta Sachs, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

1965.245

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

ruled border line in brown ink

Publication History

• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 652, fig. 330
• Masterpieces of 19th and 20th Century French Drawing from the Fogg Museum..., brochure, Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI, 1941), checklist no. 4
• 19th Century French Drawings, exh. cat., California Palace of the Legion of Honor (San Francisco, CA, 1947), no. 39 p. 32, repr.
• Paul J. Sachs, Modern Prints and Drawings, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1954), pl. 18
• Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 50, repr.
• Eric Hebborn, Drawn to Trouble: The Forging of an Artist, Mainstream Publishing Projects (1991), pp. 226-227, fig. 49
• Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 64, repr.
• Thomas Hoving, False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY, 1996), p. 193, fig. 15
• Mariantonia Reinhard-Felice, ed., Corot L'armoire secrète: Eine Lesende im Kontext, exh. cat., Hirmer Verlag (Munich, 2011), p. 58-59, repr. p. 61 as fig. 36

Exhibition History

• Masterpieces of 19th and 20th Century French Drawing from the Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard University and the Museum of Modern Art of New York City, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 05/01/1941 - 06/01/1941
• 19th century French drawings, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 03/08/1947 - 04/06/1947
• Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947
• Corot, 1796-1875: An Exhibition of His Paintings and Graphic Works, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 10/05/1960 - 11/13/1960
• Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967
• The Heavenly Twins: Edward W. Forbes, Paul J. Sachs and the Building of a Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/23/1995 - 12/17/1995

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