Small Talk (De la tribu des Badinguet)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William H. Stewart [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William H. Stewart Sale, Chickering Hall, New York, February 3-4, 1898, no. 78 [1]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1898, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
[1] sold for $200 (annotated auction catalog, WAM library)
Exhibitions
2005-2006 | The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. |
1953-1954 | Watercolors and Drawings by Gavarni. National Gallery of Art, Washington. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; cleaned; other |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
12 5/8 x 8 5/16 in. (32 x 21.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1898
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1500