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Thomas Couture

Nude with Crossed Arms

1850-1855

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Thomas Couture

Nude with Crossed Arms

1850-1855

Physical Qualities Black and white chalks, Sheet: 461 x 337 mm. (18 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Collection
Object Number 1974.44
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1974; Shickman Gallery, New York
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.

BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November, 1982.

Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
Fisher, Jay McKean, et al. The Essence of Line: French drawings from Ingres to Degas. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, p. 164-66, ill.
Carlson, Victor, and Carol Hynning Smith. Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Baltimore Museum of Art. New York, NY: The American Federation of Arts, 1979, pp. 25, ill.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL, black chalk, monogram, 'T.C.'; VERSO: LR, graphite, 'D1972'; LL, graphite, 'RGHTS'

Markings: Watermark: Shield (partial) on mount.

Artist

Thomas Couture

1814–1878

French, 1815-1879
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