Object number1996.9

Portrait of a Young African Sailor in French Naval Uniform

Date1921

Artist Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923)

CultureSwiss

MediumChalk on grey paper

DimensionsSheet: 24 1/2 × 19 3/4 in. (62.2 × 50.2 cm)
Image: 22 × 18 1/4 in. (55.9 × 46.4 cm)
Matted: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Molly Klobe, class of 1971

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedSigned and dated (LRC, stamped, in black ink): Steinlen; (LRC, in pencil): 30 OCT-21

InscribedInscribed (verso, LRC, in pencil): S5 (?); 104 (encircled); (on mat, ULC, in pencil): Steinlen; (verso, ULC, label): Molly Klobe / Chamberlin Gallery Inc. / Nineteenth Century Paintings and Drawings / 225 West 86th Street New York, New York 10024 / 212 769 1725

Vassar Exhibitions

An Era of Opportunity: Three Decades of Acquisitions

Exhibition History"French 19th c Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors," Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY, Spring 1984;

"19th c French Drawings," Chamberlin Gallery, New York, NY, May-June 1994.

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