Étude pour Érato (Muse endormie), 1897

pencil drawing

monogrammed and dated 1897 lower left

6 × 5.5 in (15.2 × 14.0 cm) (sheet)

Auction Estimate:$1,000 - $1,500

Sale date:May 7 - 21, 2024

Price Realized

$2,640

(including Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Collection of Edouard Clerk and Fernande Choquette By descent to the present Private Collection, Quebec

Exhibited

“Ozias Leduc: An Art of Love and Reverie”, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; travelling to Musée du Québec, Québec City; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 22 February 1996‒15 January 1997, no. 87

Literature

Laurier Lacroix, “Ozias Leduc: An Art of Love and Reverie”, Montreal, 1996, no. 87, reproduced page 122