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PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (Lyon 1824-1898 Paris) Nude Lying on his Stomach.
Black chalk on cream wove paper, circa 1867. 181x264 mm; 7 x 13 1/8 inches. With a study of a horse-drawn figure holding reigns in black chalk, verso. Ex-collection Daniel Moynihan, London; Shepherd Gallery, New York. Exhibited Shepherd Gallery, New York, Spring 1996, catalogue number 33 (illustrated).
Louise d'Argencourt has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this drawing.
This is a study for Puvis's Sleep, oil, 1867, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille. There is a reduced version of the same painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
See d'Argencourt, et als, Puvis de Chavannes, Ottawa, 1997, page 64, catalogue number 64 (illustrated), for a related study.
