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Silhouette

Silhouette

Public Domain

Silhouette
Maker
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Silhouette
Datec. 1830
PlaceUnited States
MediumPaper, maple frame
Dimensions12 × 10 in. (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.233.1
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1969.
Exhibition History"Outline and Shadow: The Art of Silhouette," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Sept. 20, 2025-March 1, 2026 [Ninth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

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after 1803
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c. 1835–1845
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Jean François de Vallée
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1814
Ink on paperboard
B.99.4
Bruges, D'Autrefois, Triptyque avec Trois Dessins: Un Canal [left panel]; D’Autrefois [center panel]; Le Tombeau de Marie de Bourgogne [right panel] (Bruges of Yesteryear, Triptych with Three Drawings: A Canal [left panel]; Of Yesteryear [central panel]; The Tomb of Mary of Burgundy) [right panel]
Fernand Khnopff
Bruges, D'Autrefois, Triptyque avec Trois Dessins: Un Canal [left panel]; D’Autrefois [center panel]; Le Tombeau de Marie de Bourgogne [right panel] (Bruges of Yesteryear, Triptych with Three Drawings: A Canal [left panel]; Of Yesteryear [central panel]; The Tomb of Mary of Burgundy) [right panel]
1905
Left panel: Black chalk, charcoal, and pastel on wove paper; central panel: black chalk, colored pencil, and pastel, with scraping on wove paper; right panel: black chalk and pastel on wove paper; artist’s frame.
2025.409
Unknown American