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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.79.2
People
Henri-Edmond Cross, French (Douai, France 1856 - 1910 Saint-Clair, France)
Title
Sketch of a Woman Seated at a Window; Inscription; verso: blank page
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
c. 1897
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/6278

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
16.3 x 12.4 cm (6 7/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Recto, upper right, graphite, in artist's hand: fig à contre-jour / Savoir de mémoire la / T[oile] que l'on va exécuter / Centres d'harmonie. / Le nombre variant avec / les dimensions des T[oiles].

  • inscription: Recto, lower half, graphite, in artist's hand: Toile 25 paysage = 81 - 60 / " Bob 1-73. en 12 / Une esquisse par jour /
    Dans l'exécution, éviter les combinaisons de / teintes juxtaposées qui donnent comme / résultante l'équivalent d'une terre, d'une / terre verte, d'une terre de Sienne, etc. /Tout doit être fleuri…

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of May Sarton
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.79.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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