JEAN HONORE' FRAGONARD Study of heads. Lot n° 33

Study of heads. Mixed media on paper. Cm 28.50 x 19.80. Seal at the back, lower right: "A" (from the Alexandre Ananoff Collection: Lugt, 3365).Provenance: H. Walferdin; Drouot, Paris, April 12th-13th 1880, lot 245 (140 FF to Lacroix).M. Derenaucourt, Drouot, Paris, April 7th 1883, lot 37 (130 FF to Beaumont).Francois Flameng, Drouot, Paris, March 26th 1919, lot 109 (FF 1,700 to Meyer).Camille Groult, Paris.Alexandre Ananoff, his stamp on the drawing (Lugt, ed. online 2010, no. 3365).Ian Woodner, New York.By inheritance to Diana and Andrea Woodner.Christie's, New York, Sale 7816, Old Master Drawings, New York Park Avenue, Property from the Collection of Diana Woodner and Andrea Woodner, January 11th 1994, lot 316 ($5,175).Pierre Pfeiffer, London.Private Collection.Exhibitions: Monaco of Bavaria, Bernheimer, The Pfeiffer Collection of Old Master Drawings, 1990, pp. 66-67.Publications: Baron R. de Portalis, Fragonard, sa vie et son oeuvre, Paris 1889, p. 300 (catalogued among "the principal drawings of Fragonard") A. Ananoff, L'Oeuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806): catalogue raisonné, Paris 1961-1970, 4 vols., vol. 1, no. 149, p. 86, figure 65, no. 149 (catalogued and illustrated)J.P. Cuzin, Fragonard. Musée du Louvre. Cabinet des dessins, Paris 2003, catalogue no. 13, p. 71 (cited drawing)Page on the website of the Louvre Museum, Cabinet des dessins, Fonds des dessins et miniatures, inv. no. 26649 recto, last update 2012 (cited drawing).The artwork is accompanied by an export licence.