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Claude Louis Desrais
1746-1816
The Lovers
Pen and brown ink and wash, on paper, trimmed to an oval.
7 5/16 x 5 15/16 inches (186 x 151 mm)
Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation.
1988.18
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Inscribed at lower center, "PUR". On verso, inscription in pen and brown ink of four lines from a poem or a play, "elle me dit Lindor je t'aime/ton coeur a merite ma foy./elle me dit a l'instant meme/Lindor, je me moquais de toi."
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Christian Humann, New York.
Associated names:
Humann, Christian, 1929-1981, former owner.
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