Georges Lacombe
Studies for ‘The Chestnut Gatherers’
1891-1893
Physical Qualities
Black crayon, Sheet: 348 x 257 mm. (34.8 x 25.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Women's Committee Fund
Object Number
1974.29
RECTO: Woman's head; study of arm above; VERSO: studies of two arms, each holding a round object.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1974; Sylvie Mora-Lacombe?
Baltimore Museum of Art, ''Sketches and Sketchbook Pages'', April 25-June 25, 1978.
Joseph Downing, Shepherd Gallery, New York, 'Georges Lacombe 1868-1916: Drawings', 1974, [n.p.], no. 14, ill. plate V.
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.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'As Artists See Us: Drawings from the Museum Collection', May 14-Aug. 11, 1991.
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.
Joseph Downing, Shepherd Gallery, New York, 'Georges Lacombe 1868-1916: Drawings', 1974, [n.p.], no. 14, ill. plate V.
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.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'As Artists See Us: Drawings from the Museum Collection', May 14-Aug. 11, 1991.
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. 278-81, 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. 73, ill.
Inscribed: RECTO: TRC, graphite, '14 30/VII' [inscribed by Shepherd Gallery]; BRC, estate monogram; VERSO: LR, stamp, 'SG' [in circle]; graphite, '14'; stamp, 'Atelier George Lacombe' / 'I' [in circle].
