Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right (recto)
c. 1810
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823)
Drawings
Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right (recto), c. 1810. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823). Black and white chalk (both stumped); sheet: 61.9 x 43.6 cm (24 3/8 x 17 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.318.a
- Maker/Artist
- Prud'hon, Pierre-Paul
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- black and white chalk (both stumped)
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 61.9 x 43.6 cm (24 3/8 x 17 3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: ON SEPERATELY APPLIED PIECES OF PAPER (now removed), printed in black ink: WALTER S. M. BURNS, ESQ. / To be Sold on giving up his Residence at 50, Grosvenor Street, W. / Sale - Sotheby [inscribed in black ink] / DAY OF SALE / Thursday, May 6th, 1926. ; printed in black ink: PIERRE PRUD'HON. / 134 Study of a Nude Woman seated looking to the Right / Black and white chalk on blue paper / 24 in. by 16 3/4 in. (610 mm. by 425 mm.) ; printed in black ink: 2.026
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1961.318.a
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections, Conserving the Past for the Future, Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art, CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).<br>CMA, Rococo, Revolution, Restoration (July 11-Sep. 24, 1989)--[(?): did this finally appear in show?: the exh. files have two lists for the show, only one of which includes this drawing].<br>CMA (listed in file of "West Wing Label Copy, ordered June 20, 1986").<br>CMA, National Schools of Style (June 14-Sep. 18, 1983). <br>CMA, The Lessons of the Academy (Feb. 8-May 29, 1983) ["Study of a Male Nude" listed on sheet, so only verso shown?--the same question about verso only; recto only; verso/recto both exhibited may apply as well to some of these other exh. entries (if it is an important question???)]. <br>CMA, French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792 (Jan. 25-May 16, 1982) ["Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right" listed on sheet, so only recto shown?]. <br>CMA, Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism (Feb. 19-Mar. 23, 1980), pp. 19-21, illus. recto and verso. <br>CMA, 17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings (May 31-Aug. 19, 1979). <br>Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections (Sep. 2-Oct. 15; Nov. 3-Dec. 17, 1972; Jan. 12-Mar. 11, 1973), no. 118, pl. 138.<br>CMA, "Gallery List of Drawings" (opened June 11, 1968) ["Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right" listed on sheet].<br>CMA, "Gallery List of Drawings" (1966) ["Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right" listed on sheet].<br>CMA, French Drawings (Nov. 10, 1965-Feb. 16, 1966; re-opened Mar. 31, 1966) ["Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right" listed on sheet].<br>CMA, France, Italy, Netherlands (Jan. 14-Mar. 24, 1965) ["Study of a Nude Woman Seated Looking to the Right" listed on sheet].<br>CMA, Neo-Classicism: Style and Motif (1964), no. 110, illus.<br>CMA, The Year in Review for 1962 (Oct. 24-Nov. 25, 1962), cma Bulletin 49 (1962), p. 226 no. 129, illus. recto p. 220.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 101B Prints & Drawings
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