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Drawing, Study for the Sculpture "Autumn" for the Château de Wideville
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jacques Sarazin. It is dated after 1632 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is recto: red chalk on white laid paper; verso: black chalk, graphite. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Sarazin executed this luminous sketch for a garden sculpture in red chalk, a medium that is mined and cut into sticks. Since the 15th century, artists have exploited its color to suggest living flesh. A more finished design would have guided Sarazin’s assistant in translating the drawing to carved stone.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled What Do the French Aristocracy and the Couturier Valentino Garavani Have in Common?.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
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Its dimensions are
17.7 x 7.2 cm (6 15/16 x 2 13/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.) Frame H x W x D: 39.7 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm (15 5/8 in. x 19 3/4 in. x 1 in.)
It is signed
Signed in pen and brown ink, lower left: Sarrasin.
It is inscribed
Inscribed, lower right corner verso: JR.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Study for the Sculpture "Autumn" for the Château de Wideville; Jacques Sarazin (French, 1592–1660); France; recto: red chalk on white laid paper; verso: black chalk, graphite; 17.7 x 7.2 cm (6 15/16 x 2 13/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.) Frame H x W x D: 39.7 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm (15 5/8 in. x 19 3/4 in. x 1 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-242
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Making Design.