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Georges Rochegrosse
1859-1938
Document with Hanging Seals
Conté crayon, with a few touches in pen and black ink, on paper.
8 1/4 x 9 15/16 inches (209 x 253 mm)
Gift of Mr. Charles Ryskamp.
1983.80
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Watermark: none.
This drawing is traditionally described as a design for an illustration to Victor Hugo, possibly for "Nôtre-Dame de Paris" (1831).
Inscription:
Signed with initials below document at right, in pen and black ink "G R"; inscribed in a different hand at lower right, in pencil, "Page 470".
Provenance:
Jacques Fischer and Chantal Kiener, Paris; Charles Ryskamp, Princeton, NJ.
Associated names:
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 295-296.
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