The Legend of the Wolves

Provenance

(Bonheur sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 5-8 June 1900, no. 1110); (Schweitzer Gallery, New York); (Shepherd Gallery, New York); purchased by Christian Humann, 1971; The Christian Humann Foundation, Paris, 1981; gift to NGA, 1996.

The Legend of the Wolves

Bonheur, Rosa

1890s

Accession Number

1996.128.2

Medium

charcoal with stumping and erasing, black chalk, and pastel on blue wove paper, edge mounted to paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 59.9 x 80.7 cm (23 9/16 x 31 3/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation