Adélaïde-Marie-Anne Moitte
A Seated Girl at a Table and a Man with a Hat with a Girl Sewing

A Seated Girl at a Table and a Man with a Hat with a Girl Sewing

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A Seated Girl at a Table and a Man with a Hat with a Girl Sewing
CultureFrench
Titles
  • A Seated Girl at a Table and a Man with a Hat with a Girl Sewing
Datec. 1789
MediumPen and brown ink on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (33.3 × 19.7 cm)
Mat: 15 11/16 × 11 13/16 in. (39.9 × 30 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase funded by Sammy and Robin Fleschler at Art + Paper 2023
Object number2023.185
Not on view

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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: [none]
Verso: Inscribed in black ink, bottom edge: Réabonnnemens pour la Société Ph et Pat de Bienf. Et de bonnes moeurs / Novembre vieux Style [cursive] [upside-down] [crossed-out]
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unidentified coat of arms mark at sheet center
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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