About the Artwork
Boy with Trombone
late 19th or early 20th century
Luc-Olivier Merson
1846-1920
French
Unknown
Black, sanguine, and white chalk on brown wove paper
Sheet: 23 3/8 × 17 5/8 inches (59.4 × 44.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Ann D. Stoddard
1998.193
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in pencil, left center: Luc Olivier Merson
Inscribed, in pencil, bottom center, verso: S [illegible] W Pour Avril [illegible]
Provenance
Mrs. Standford C. Stoddard
1998-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Luc-Olivier Merson, Boy with Trombone, late 19th or early 20th century, black, sanguine, and white chalk on brown wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ann D. Stoddard, 1998.193.
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