WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle 1825-1905)
A standing woman (recto); Drapery study (verso)
graphite and white chalk (recto), graphite (verso)
12⁷⁄₈ x 9¹⁄₂ in. (32.5 x 24 cm)

The artist’s estate stamp (not in Lugt).

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Lot Essay

Although not directly preparatory for any painting, the position of the woman in this study – standing, facing the viewer, with her hand across her chest – can be related to Pandora, a canvas dated 1890 in a private collection (D. Bartoli, with F. Ross, William Bouguereau. Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2010, no. 1890/15, ill.).