Study for the Sacred Wood
Artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
(French, 1824-1898)
CultureFrench
Date1883-1884
MediumChalk, paper
DimensionsOverall: 14 x 21 1/4 in. (35.6 x 54 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number50.48.71
Not on view
DescriptionBlack and brown chalk on paper mounted on board. Sketch for an allegorical painting. Figure in the center wears a laurel wreath and holds a branch.ProvenanceDan Fellows Platt, Englewood, N.J., d. 1938; Mrs. Platt,1938-50; Chrysler Museum Purchase, 1950 Exhibition History"Master Drawings from the Chrysler Museum," Small Changing Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, February 26 - April 23, 1989. "Special Exhibition," Prints and Drawings Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Fall 1989. "France Delineated: French Works on Paper, 1650 to 1920," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 13 - September 19, 1993. "Grand Designs: Preliminary Drawings and Oil Sketches from The Chrysler Museum", Prints and Drawings Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, April 2 - June 22, 1994. Published ReferencesEric M. Zafran, _One Hundred Drawings in the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_, exh. cat., Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1979, no. 67, pp. 27-28.
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