About This Artwork
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
French, 1827-1875
Five Dancing Female Figures1865
Black and red chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper
204 x 128 mm
Worcester Sketch Fund, 1974.29
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
New York University, The Drawing Center, "Sculptors' Drawings over Six Centuries," March 18-June 20, 1981; traveled to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 23-September 20, 1981.
Williamstown, Mass., The Sterling and Francine Art Institute, "A Romance With Realism: The Art of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux," May 7-August 27, 1989, cat. 22.
Ownership History
Possibly the artist's estate; possibly the artist's brother, Edward Carpeaux, Elko, Nev. [a letter from Paul Ogden in the curatorial file]. Private Collection, San Rafael, Calif., to around 1939 [letter mentioned above]. Isabelle Percy West, Calif., c. 1939-c. 1959 [letter mentioned above]. Paul Ogden, Lafayette, Calif., c. 1959 [letter mentioned above]; sold to the Art Institute, 1974.