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A seated female nude by Francois Boucher

Francois Boucher

A seated female nude

Black, red and white chalk on buff paper
36.4 x 29.2 cm (14.33 x 11.5 in)
Works on Paper
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (24 Jan 2008)
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Past Sales
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Jan 24, 2008
Christie'sNew YorkOld Master And 19th Century Drawings82
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Artwork Description
Category

Works on Paper

Dimensions

36.4 x 29.2 cm (14.33 x 11.5 in)

Materials

black, red and white chalk on buff paper

Signature

with inscription on the back of the mount 'Academie de Femme. Cest le plus beau dessein de cette espece que l'on puisse voir. Il est de/Mr. Boucher nommé avec beaucoup de justice le peintre des graces.'

Provenance

J.P. Heseltine (L. 1507). Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 January 1989, lot 18.

Exhibited

London, Grafton Galleries, National Loan Exhibition, 1909-10, no. 84, illus., p. 112. Paris, Salon de M. Stettiner, Dessins de l'Ecole française du XVIIIe siècle de la collection Heseltine, 1913, no. 12. New York, Gimpel and Wildenstein, La collection Heseltine, 1914, no. 10.

Literature

A. Michel, François Boucher, Paris, 1906, p. 128, no. 2315. A. Ananoff, François Boucher, Paris, 1966, no. 464, fig. 88 (incorrectly described as on blue paper). A. Ananoff, François Boucher, Lausanne, 1976, II, p. 81, fig. 1108.