About the Artwork
Nude Savages Dancing
between 1790 and 1814
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French
French
Pen and brown ink over graphite pencil on pale blue laid paper mounted on light brown paper
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 15 5/8 inches (25.2 × 39.7 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1SDR85
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in pencil, verso, upper left: J L. David Ft Inscribed, vertically, verso, lower left edge: no 85 Inscribed, verso, lower right: [indecipherbale] Inscribed, black ink, verso, lower right: FiR
Stamp, in purple ink, lower center: J. Peoli (Lugt 2020)
Provenance
J.J. Peoli (New York, New York, USA)
May 8, 1894, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) no. 167
1894, James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Italian, French, English, and Spanish Drawings and Watercolors: Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries. New York, 1992, pp. 335-336, no. A89.
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French, Nude Savages Dancing, between 1790 and 1814, pen and brown ink over graphite pencil on pale blue laid paper mounted on light brown paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1SDR85.
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