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French School
18th century
Seated Draped Nude Seen Three-Quarters from the Back. Verso: Draped Nude Gazing Downward, Right Arm Upraised
Black and white chalk, on oatmeal paper.
15 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches (399 x 281 mm)
Gift of Paul Horgan.
1974.38

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Watermark: none.

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Inscribed on verso at upper left in pen and dark red ink, partially cut off, "259(?)".

Provenance: 
Paul Gardner (late director, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City); Paul Horgan.
Associated names: 

Gardner, Paul, former owner.
Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 164.

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