ARTIST
Georges Lacombe (French, 1868-1916)
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TITLE
Baigneuse

MEDIUM
Pencil on paper
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DIMENSIONS
12 x 7 1/2 in (30 x 19 cm.)
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KNOWN PROVENANCE
Dessins Anciens et Modernes, Ader, Paris, 28 March 2025, lot 146.
MD Museum, acquired at the above sale.

ACCESSION NUMBER
2025.2

LITERATURE
C. Bailly & A. Bailly, Georges Lacombe: Sculptures, Peintures, Dessins, Paris, 1991, p. 79, fig. 112 (illustrated)

NOTES
Studio stamp (Lugt 4390) (lower right).
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Mr. Gilles Genty (art historian, curator, and collector who has co-curated several international exhibitions on the Nabis and Post-Impressionists) provided the following information, "This drawing is preparatory to the figure of Eve, the left-hand part of the fireplace surround at Château de Launay, sculpted for Lucien Besnard by Georges Lacombe around 1910-1912. The model for this Eve is Botticelli's Venus, of which Georges Lacombe also made a drawing. The mantel has been dismantled and is now housed at the Musée du Petit Palais in Geneva."​