About This Artwork
Nicolas Lancret
French, 1690-1743
Three Studies of the Head of a Turbaned Black Man1720/30
Black, red and white chalks on oatmeal laid paper
176 x 283 mm
The Regenstein Collection, 1987.58
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, “New Acquisitions: Old Master Drawings of the 15th-18th Centuries,” December 2, 1989-June 8, 1990.
New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 21 (ill.); traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
New York, The Frick Collection, “Nicolas Lancret 1690-1743,” 1991-1992, cat. 33; also traveled to the Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., February 15-April 12, 1992.
The American Federation of Arts, "Watteau and His World: French Drawings from 1700 - 1750", 2000, pp. 210-211, cat. 60 (ill.); also traveled to The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, February 1-May 8, 2000.
Publication History
Suzanne Folds McCullagh, “Three Studies of the Head of a Turbaned Black Man, 1720/30,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, 1 (2000), pp. 40-41, cat. 13.
Ownership History
W.H. Wasterval, Holland. Sold, Sotheby’s, New York, January 16, 1985, lot. 95. P & D. Colnaghi, New York. Private Collection, New York. Sold by W.M. Brady and Company, Inc. New York, to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.