Head of a guinea-fowl
Maker
(artist)
1864-1901
1864-1901
Title
Head of a guinea-fowl
Date of Production
1897 - 1898
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.248
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
M. et Mme. Maurice Bunau-Varilla; their sale, Hôtel Drouot (Paris), 9-10 July 1947, lot 9 (2 albums of drawings by Toulouse-Laturec, this drawing in the 1st album); information supplied by Lucas Lichtenhan (Basel) and thus probably purchased from him by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), probably November or December 1954 (based on letters in file); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the
Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/05/1988-04/09/1988
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901, Österreichische Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1966
Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/05/1988-04/09/1988
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901, Österreichische Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1966
Literature
Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988
cat. no. 37
dated 1897-98
Dortu, M.G., Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre, New York 1971
no. D.4592
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 248
corrected title to 'Head of a guinea-fowl' ...More
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901, Österreichische Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1966
cat. no. 62
and on p. 24
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 248
pl. LXXIII
as 'Head of a Turkey', dated c. 1899 ...Less
cat. no. 37
dated 1897-98
Dortu, M.G., Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre, New York 1971
no. D.4592
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 248
corrected title to 'Head of a guinea-fowl' ...More
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901, Österreichische Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1966
cat. no. 62
and on p. 24
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 248
pl. LXXIII
as 'Head of a Turkey', dated c. 1899 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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