1943.289: In the Studio

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.289

People

Giovanni Boldini, Italian (Ferrara, Italy 1842 - 1931 Paris, France)

Title

In the Studio

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1873

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297670

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

Dimensions

25.4 x 35 cm (10 x 13 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.l.: Boldini 73

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Royal Cortissoz, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, February 1934 [1], bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943

[1] Winthrop purchased this drawing from Cortissoz, who was in need of money or, as he put it, "a rescue in a moment of trouble." He sold Winthrop drawings by Degas, Dewing, and Mowbray at the same time. See Cortissoz-Winthrop file in FAM archives.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.289

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 14, 51, 53, repr p. 54 as fig. 19, cat. no. 7 p. 90
• Agnes Mongan, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jonathan Bober, The Famous Italian Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, Italy, 1988), cat. no. 77, n.p., and pp. 8 and 73, repr. (color)

Exhibition History

• Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977

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