Self-Portrait Holding a Cigarette
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The first of six states before letters. An extremely fine impression of the very rare first state of this much-admired self-portrait. In fine, fresh condition with apparently full margins, some light foxing in the margins.
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Provenance
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Hill-Stone, Incorporated, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2012, by purchase.
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Printed area H: 9 1/2 x W: 7 in. (24.13 x 17.78 cm); Mat H: 20 x W: 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided through the gifts of Mrs. Thomas Allen, Mrs. Ludlow Baldwin, Mrs. Joseph Bryan, and an anonymous donor as well as through the bequest of A. B. Griswold by exchange, 2012
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
93.167