Description
Bresdin, the eccentric "poet" of Romantic landscape, was an outsider who had more of a connection with writers such as Baudelaire, Champfleury, Gautier, and Victor Hugo than among artists, with the exception of his loyal disciple, Odilon Redon.
Provenance
Roger Marx (1859-1913), Paris; by descent to his son, Claude Roger-Marx (died 1977), Paris [invoice]. Sold by Nathan Chaikin to the Art Institute, 1963.
Accession Number
18664
Medium
Pen and black ink, on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions
29.5 × 25.1 cm (11 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
Worcester Sketch Fund
