François-Marius Granet

Private Collection
Jill Newhouse, New York
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner in February 1988

New York, Jan Krugier Gallery; Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Victor Hugo and The Romantic Vision, Drawings and Watercolors, 1990-91, no. 50, illustrated in the catalogue
Valencia, Fundacion Bancaja, A travès del Claroscuro, 1996, no. 14, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, no. 103, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, no. 85, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Alexander Dückers, Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski (exhibition catalogue), Berlin, 1999, illustrated p. 404

Overall this work is in good condition. Executed on laid paper which has been laid down on card, and is hinged to the passepartout in the upper left and right corners. There are some scattered small drop marks in the sky, notably in a vertical circa 3cm line in the upper right, and a circa 2 by 1.5cm area of retouching to the right of this, and there is a minor 0.5cm vertical tear in the extreme lower edge, left of centre. There is some old adhesive residue along the extreme right edge (covered by the mat) and scattered shiny spots primarily in the left quadrant (visible under raking light). Presented in a simple gilt frame, the mat covering the extreme edges of the sheet, under glass.
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