Arab Woman

1845–88

Not on view

Boulanger began producing works of Orientalist subjects following his first visit to Algeria in 1845. He returned to North Africa multiple times throughout his career, including a trip with his friend Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1872. This refined study demonstrates both the artist’s ethnographic interest in costume and his sacrifice of a degree of detail in favor of evoking the model’s pensive mood.

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Title: Arab Woman
Artist: Gustave Boulanger (French, Paris 1824–1888 Paris)
Date: 1845–88
Medium: Black chalk, blue, yellow and white pastel, shell gold, with graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 18 5/8 × 11 7/16 in. (47.3 × 29 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Harvey Salzman, 2020
Object Number: 2022.25.5
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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