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The Sudden Gust of Wind

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1732-1806

The Sudden Gust of Wind

ca. 1763-1765
10 3/8 x 14 5/8 inches (264 x 371 mm)
Brown and red-brown wash over black chalk.
2001.62

Thaw Collection.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Associated names
Rahir, Edouard, 1862-1924, former owner.
Rahir, Mme., former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 122, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 25, repr.
Denison, Cara D. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 25, repr., and p. 260.
Alexandre Ananoff, "L'Oeuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard", 4 vols., Paris, 1961-1970, I, no. 96 (as "Autant en emporte le vent");
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department