About This Artwork
Charles Joseph Natoire
French, 1700-1777
Head of a Sea God1730/1740
Pastel on gray-brown laid paper
262 x 286 mm
The Regenstein Collection, 1989.194
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," 2 December 1989-8 June 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. 22; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
Publication History
"From Maineri to Miró: The Regenstein Collection Since 1975," The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26 (2000), pp. 46-47 (ill.).
Ownership History
Jacques Petit-Hory, Paris. British Rail Pension Fund; sold by Lexbourne Limited, London, to the Art Institute, 1989.