Adélaïde-Marie-Anne Moitte
A Man Reading 'Le Journal du Soir' and a Study of a Seated Girl

A Man Reading 'Le Journal du Soir' and a Study of a Seated Girl

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A Man Reading 'Le Journal du Soir' and a Study of a Seated Girl
CultureFrench
Titles
  • A Man Reading 'Le Journal du Soir' and a Study of a Seated Girl
DateJanuary 28, 1797
MediumPen and black ink on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/8 × 8 7/16 in. (33.4 × 21.5 cm)
Mat: 15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in. (40 × 30 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase funded by Sammy and Robin Fleschler at Art + Paper 2023
Object number2023.184
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist, c. 1789; anonymous sale, [Christie’s, New York, 22 May 1996, lot 12] [1]; [Den Otter Fine Art, Rotterdam, 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.

[1] Part of an album containing ninety pages, subsequently broken up and sold individually or in groups.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Dated in ink, lower left edge: 9 pl. an 5 [abbreviation of "9 Pluviôse Annee [Year] 5," i.e. 28 January 1797]
Verso: [none]
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Watermark: unidentified three-line mark (“C.L. ROY // G. DAL[…]//1787”) at sheet center
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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