Peintre et modèle (The Painter and His Model) (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1852-1931
1852-1931
Title
Peintre et modèle (The Painter and His Model) (recto)
Date of Production
circa 1923
Medium
black chalk, brown wash, dilute grey bodycolour, framed in black chalk (recto), black chalk (verso), on laid paper, (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 40.6 cm
Width: 55.9 cm
Width: 55.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.SC.124
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
purchased from the artist by Arthur Tooth & Sons, London; purchased there by Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947), February 1925; Courtauld Bequest 1948
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery, 1977-79
The nude: 19th & 20th century paintings, drawings, sculpture , prints, Morley Gallery, London, 10/04/1975-24/05/1975
Forain, Roland Browse and Delbanco, London, 1964 ...More
Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948
Drawings by Forain, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1925 (Feb.) ...Less
The nude: 19th & 20th century paintings, drawings, sculpture , prints, Morley Gallery, London, 10/04/1975-24/05/1975
Forain, Roland Browse and Delbanco, London, 1964 ...More
Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948
Drawings by Forain, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1925 (Feb.) ...Less
Literature
Petherbridge, Deanna, The primacy of drawing: histories and theories of practice, New Haven 2010
pp. 380-81
illus. pl. 281 on p. 380
Degas - Beyond Impressionism, National Gallery, London, 1996
p. 161
illus. 184 on p. 161
John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 91
illus. p. 214 ...More
Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Ports, 1977-79
cat. no. 13
The nude: 19th & 20th century paintings, drawings, sculpture , prints, Morley Gallery, London, 1975
cat. no. 31
Levy, Mervyn, The artist and the nude: an anthology of drawings, London 1965
illus. pl. 20
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 124
Reynolds, G., 19th-century drawings, 1850-1900, London 1949
illus. pl. 25 ...Less
pp. 380-81
illus. pl. 281 on p. 380
Degas - Beyond Impressionism, National Gallery, London, 1996
p. 161
illus. 184 on p. 161
John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 91
illus. p. 214 ...More
Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Ports, 1977-79
cat. no. 13
The nude: 19th & 20th century paintings, drawings, sculpture , prints, Morley Gallery, London, 1975
cat. no. 31
Levy, Mervyn, The artist and the nude: an anthology of drawings, London 1965
illus. pl. 20
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 124
Reynolds, G., 19th-century drawings, 1850-1900, London 1949
illus. pl. 25 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Verso, left centre: man balancing on one foot on a ball, holding banner over his head; Countermark, right centre: "VAN GELDER ZONEN" (see drawing of figure in file, similar to Heawood 1364 and 1365 but a later mark).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, signed: "forain". Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “T 4000” and below that “3093 / T” [Arthur Tooth inventory numbers?]; upper centre edge, graphite: “13”; lower left edge, graphite, circled, partly trimmed away: “013[?]”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, signed: "forain". Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “T 4000” and below that “3093 / T” [Arthur Tooth inventory numbers?]; upper centre edge, graphite: “13”; lower left edge, graphite, circled, partly trimmed away: “013[?]”.
Collector's mark: none.
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