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The Dressing Room of the Extras of the Comedie Francaise

Philibert Louis Debucourt · n.d.

Provenance

Ownership history

Maurice Fenaille (died 1937), Paris [according to Chicago 1974]. Sold by Dr. H. Schaeffer, New York, to the Art Institute, 1960.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Minneapolis, Minn., University Gallery, University of Minnesota, "The 18th Century: One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists," 1961, cat. 18.
New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 72.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1974, pp. 124-25, cat. 61 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim.
Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso," October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p., cat. 26 (ill.).
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977, p. 53, cat. 22 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Imaging the Body: From Fragment to Total Display," January 30-April 28, 1992.

Literature

Art Quarterly XXIII:1 (Spring 1960), Suppl. 5 (ill.).
Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the 18th Century (Chicago, 1977), p. 23, no. 1D6.

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