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Seated Male Nude Resting His Chin in One Hand
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Department of Drawings
D. R. Nott [1] sold [through P. & D. Colnaghi London 1951]. [1] Duncan Beresford-Jones Esq. [Christie's London July 4 2000 lot 128]. Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's London July 4 2007 lot 111 repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2010
Notes
[1]According to an entry in "Piazzetta: A Tercentenary Exhibition of Drawings Prints and Books " from the National Gallery Washington D.C. (1983) D. R. Nott was a "runner" who supplied Colnaghi's with seven drawings in 1951 (p. 42)
[2] Label on back of frame from Colnaghi
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Jean Montague Massengale Collection
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