Artist
Adolphe Félix Cals(French, 1810–1880)French, 1810–1880
CultureFrench
Titles
- Two Friends Around a Table
Date1864
PlaceFrance
MediumBlack chalk heightened with white on paper
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 13 × 16 3/4 in. (33 × 42.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 24 5/16 × 28 3/4 in. (61.8 × 73 cm)
Frame (outer): 24 5/16 × 28 3/4 in. (61.8 × 73 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jack S. Blanton, Sr. and Jack S. Blanton, Jr. in honor of Laura Lee Blanton at "One Great Night in November, 1992"
Object number92.457
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Frame labeled in black print and type on white on verso, center bottom edge: "David & Constance Yates FINE DRAWINGS WORKS OF ART/ BOX 580 LENOX HILL STATION NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021/ Adolphe Felix CALS (1810-1880)/ Deux Amis Autour d'une Table/ Black chalk heightented with white on/ light brown wove paper./ Oval format: 12 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches./ (33 x 42.8 cm.)/ Signed and dated 1864 lower left." Marked in graphite, top right corner: illegible.
Signed in image, lower left quadrant "on" table: "Cals 1864"
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