Two women, one sitting and holding a child, the other standing under a tree, 1839.

Signed and dated 'th. Chassériau 1839' in pencil, heightened with white on brown paper. Part of a series of drawings executed in 1839-40 in pencil heightened with white on brown paper showing women and children in a landscape (Sandoz, 1974, op. cit. , p. 11 and Prat, 1988, op. cit. , nos. 35- 6, 38-9). M. Sandoz, Théodore Chassériau, Catalogue raisonné des peintures et estampes, Paris, 1974, pp. 11 and 20, fig. 2.

M. Sandoz, Portraits et visages dessinés par Théodore Chassériau, Paris, 1986, no. 140., L.-A. Prat, Théodore Chassériau 1819-1856, Dessins conservés en dehors du Louvre, Paris, 1988, p. 15, no. 35. Provenance: Private collection, London.

245 x 185 mm