Ex-collection the artist's estate, with the brown ink stamp (Lugt 1460a, lower right recto); private collection, Vermont.
This drawing of a standing male figure, with his arms folded in front, head bowed, is similar to the peasant man in Millet's (1814-1875, see lot 11 ) iconic oil painting L'Angélus, 1857-59, now at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
