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Théodore Chassériau
Arab Woman and Girl with a Gazelle1851

Not on view
Brown ink and wash drawing on tan paper, two robed and turbaned figures seated on the ground flanking a bird, with carved wall relief behind them, signed and dated 1851

Théodore Chassériau, Arab Woman and Girl with a Gazelle, 1851, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by George Cukor by exchange, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Théodore Chassériau
Dominican Republic, Santa Barbara de Samaná, 1819-1856
Title
Arab Woman and Girl with a Gazelle
Place Made
Dominican Republic
Date Made
1851
Medium
Brown ink and brown wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (13.97 × 20 cm) Frame: 15 3/4 × 17 7/8 × 1 5/8 in. (40.01 × 45.4 × 4.13 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by George Cukor by exchange
Accession Number
AC1993.12.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1993, vol. 31, no. 1-11 (January-November, 1993).
  • Davis, Bruce. Master Drawings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Stevens, Matthew, ed. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York : Distributed by Hudson Hills Press, 1997.