The Stretcher Bearer (Study for "Le Couvreur tombé")

François Bonvin1876

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Title: The Stretcher Bearer (Study for "Le Couvreur tombé")
Creator: François Bonvin (French, 1817-1887)
Date Created: 1876
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 33.9 x 20.2 cm (13 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Provenance: Mme. Louison Kohler (sale: Hotel Druout, Paris, "Tableaux Aquarelles et Dessins par Bonvin et Autres Oeuvres," December 14, 1893, #50 in catalogue); Shepherd Gallery, New York City; Paul Drey Gallery, New York City, November 1974;
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.158
Medium: black and red chalk with colored chalks, stump work and graphite accents, squared for transfer in red chalk
Inscriptions: Signed and dated in black chalk, lower right: F. Bonvin, 1876
Department: Drawings
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Collection: DR - French
Accession Number: 2010.158

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