The Bedroom (Le Coucher or Ma Chemise brule)

Provenance

Unidentified collector (blue star, Lugt undescribed). [1] Adrien Fauchier-Magnan, London; (sale, Sotheby’s, London, 4 December 1935, no. 13); Richard Owen; Samuel H. Kress 1936; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art [1] According to 1987 correspondence between the National Gallery of Art Department of Graphic Arts and M. Pierre Rosenberg, Departement des Peintures Musée du Louvre, the barely visible blue star on the lower left edge of the drawing could be even a stray crayon mark; hence it seemed doubtful that it would be a collector’s mark. See NGA curatorial files.

The Bedroom (Le Coucher or Ma Chemise brule)

Fragonard, Jean Honoré

Accession Number

1963.15.10

Medium

brush and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 24 x 36.9 cm (9 7/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Tags

Color: White Color: Gray