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Three Studies of the Head of a Turbaned Black Man
Nicolas Lancret · 1720/30
Provenance
Ownership history
- W.H. Wasterval, Holland. Sold, Sotheby’s, New York, January 16, 1985, lot. 95. P & D. Colnaghi, New York. Private Collection, New York. Sold by W.M. Brady and Company, Inc. New York, to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Art Institute of Chicago, “New Acquisitions: Old Master Drawings of the 15th-18th Centuries,” December 2, 1989-June 8, 1990.
- New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 21 (ill.); traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
- New York, The Frick Collection, “Nicolas Lancret 1690-1743,” 1991-1992, cat. 33; also traveled to the Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., February 15-April 12, 1992.
- The American Federation of Arts, "Watteau and His World: French Drawings from 1700 - 1750", 2000, pp. 210-211, cat. 60 (ill.); also traveled to The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, February 1-May 8, 2000.
Literature
Published references
- Suzanne Folds McCullagh, “Three Studies of the Head of a Turbaned Black Man, 1720/30,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, 1 (2000), pp. 40-41, cat. 13.
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