Date
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Inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "Bethoven - 6212"
Dimensions
23.2 × 20.7 cm (9 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Madame Emile Antoine Bourdelle
Reference Number
1962.778
Extended information about this artwork
New York, Wildenstein and Company, “Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago,” October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 147.
New York, The Drawing Center, New York University, “Sculptors’ Drawings Over Six Centuries,” March 18-June 20, 1981; traveled to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 23-September 20, 1981.
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