The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Portrait of the Marquis de Biron.

Portrait of the Marquis de Biron.

Date:: ca. 1904
Medium:: Black chalk
Dimensions:: sheet: 16 15/16 x 10 3/8 in. (43.1 x 26.4 cm) maximum, upper border arched
Classification:: Drawings
Credit Line:: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff. Gift, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.183

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Guillaume de Gontaut-Biron, marquis de Biron ; Marcel Higuette ; Ferrers (London); Wildenstein & Co., Inc. (New York), New York; Benjamin Sonnenberg (American (born Russia), Brest-Litovsk ca.1901–1978 New York); Sotheby's, New York, sale June 7, 1979, lot 634, repr.
References

Joseph Meder - translated and revised by Winslow Ames The Mastery of Drawing. 2 vols., New York, 1978, cat. no. 274, fig. no. 274, pp. 268-269, ill.

"Notable Acquisitions, 1979-1980" The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1979-1980, p. 50, ill.

Notable Acquisitions, 1979-1980 . The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1980, pp. 52-53, ill.
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