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Louis Lafitte
1770-1828
Study for a Bas-relief of a Young Woman in Classical Dress Standing on a Globe, the Personification of Truth
Black and white chalk, on light brown paper.
21 3/4 x 15 inches (551 x 376 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Enid A. Haupt, Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, and Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager.
1985.9
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Watermark: none.
This drawing is possibly a study for one of the designs for the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, built by Joseph Peyre and Charles de Wailly, 1778-1782, and rebuilt by Jean-François Chalgrin in 1807.
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Signed at lower right in pen and black ink, "Lafitte f"; inscribed at lower center, "adson".
Provenance:
Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York.
Associated names:
Haupt, Enid A. (Enid Annenberg), 1906-2005, donor.
Heinemann, Lore, donor.
Oenslager, Donald, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography:
Old & Modern Master Drawings, Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York, 1983, no. 38, repr. on cover.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 355.
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