Lot 638: Pierre Chasselat (Paris 1753-1814)

A young woman seated on a chair, her foot on a cushion black and white chalk 200 x 300 mm. PROVENANCE Bequeathed by the artist to Claude-Louis Masquelier, Paris. Fr‚d‚ric Villot; Paris, 16-18 May 1859, part of lot 150 (as Masquelier, 13 fr. to Goncourt). E. and J. Goncourt; Paris, Drouot, 15 February 1897, lot 44 (1500 fr. to Hodgkins). E.M. Hodgkins; Paris, Georges Petit, 30 April 1914, lot 18 (as Charles-Abraham Chasselat, 1500 fr. to Meyer). Salvator Meyer. With Paul Prout‚, Paris, 1977, Catalogue 'G‚r“me', no. 29, acquired by Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-54). LITERATURE E. and J. Goncourt, L'art du XVIII. siŠcle, Paris, 1881, I, p. 61. A. Ananoff, 'Les cent petits maŒtres qu'il faut connaŒtre', Connaissance de Arts, June-July 1964, p. 65. E. Launay, Les frŠres Goncourt collectioneurs de dessins, Paris, 1991, no. 48. EXHIBITION Paris, Offices of La Gazette des beaux-arts, Exposition Goncourt, 1933, no. 184. Paris, Mus‚e des Arts Decoratifs, Les Goncourts et leur temps, 1946, no. 355.