Three Studies of the Head of a Turbaned Black Man

Prints and Drawings

1720/30

Nicolas Lancret
French, 1690-1743

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Nicolas Lancret
Title: Three Studies of the Head of a Turbaned Black Man
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1720–1730
Medium: Black, red and white chalks on oatmeal laid paper
Dimensions: 17.6 × 28.3 cm (6 15/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Regenstein Collection
Reference Number: 1987.58
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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.

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.

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.

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