Seated Arab

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Seated Arab

Charles Bargue, French, 1826–1883
x1948-296

Information

Title
Seated Arab
Maker
Charles Bargue
Medium
Black chalk and watercolor over graphite
Dimensions
26.6 x 19.8 cm (10 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-296
Inscription
In graphite, lower right: 54A
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in red ink, lower right: Vente Bargue | 1883 [in rectangle with rounded corners] [Lugt 218bis Stamp in black ink, on verso lower left: D.F.P. [in circle] [Lugt 750a]
Culture
French
Type
drawings, watercolors
Materials
watercolor, wove paper, graphite, black chalk
Subject
men, unfinished, figures (representations), turbans

possibly sold in the sale of the artist's studio in 1883 [Lugt 218bis]

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