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Cour de la ferme (Barnyard)
Farmyard
Cour de la ferme (Barnyard)
Charles Angrand (French, 1854–1926)
1892
Medium/Technique
Black conté crayon on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 47.5 x 62.4 cm (18 11/16 x 24 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of her children in memory of Elizabeth Paine Metcalf
Accession Number1992.566
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionOriginally thought to be black chalk, use of conté crayon confirmed by R.Perkinson and D. Carton on May 1, 2002. Like Seurat, Angrand used this drawing medium.
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: MBM and 2
InscriptionsSigned l. l.: Ch Angrand - 92
ProvenanceJanuary 16, 1961, sold by Henri Baderou (b. 1910 - d. 1991), Paris, to Jacques Seligmann and Co., New York (stock no. 8615) [see note]; February 6, 1962, sold by Seligmann to Elizabeth Paine Metcalf (Mrs. Thomas B. Card; b. 1896 - d. 1992), Boston; 1992, gift of Elizabeth Paine Metcalf's children to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 1992)
NOTE: Archives of American Art, Jacques Seligmann and Co. Papers, Series 6, Inventory and Stock Files, Box 283, folder 8 and Series 7.1, Purchase Receipts, Box 292, folder 5.
NOTE: Archives of American Art, Jacques Seligmann and Co. Papers, Series 6, Inventory and Stock Files, Box 283, folder 8 and Series 7.1, Purchase Receipts, Box 292, folder 5.