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Seated Woman (Mme. Palmyre)

Artist/Maker (French, 1864–1901)
Date1896
MediumRed chalk on paper
DimensionsSheet: 22 1/8 × 14 5/8 in. (56.2 × 37.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Adele R. Levy Fund
Object number1962.22
Status
Not on view
CopyrightNo known copyright restrictions.More Information
This drawing is a sketch in reverse for the figure of Madame Palmyre in a lithograph of 1897. There the woman, the proprietress of the restaurant La Souris, holds a cigarette in her outstretched hand.
Exhibition History
The Mrs. Adele R. Levy Collection: A Memorial Exhibition
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York (June 9, 1961 - July 16, 1961 )
European Master Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 29, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Collections
  • European