36. Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Sick Girl Seated, illustration project for “Xavière” by Ferdinand Fabre

ArtistLouis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, French, Orléans 1851–Paris 1913
Title, DateSick Girl Seated, illustration project for “Xavière” by Ferdinand Fabre, c. 1890
MediumCrayon and watercolor on beige paper
Dimensions17 3/4 × 13 in. (45.1 × 33 cm)
Inscriptions + MarksLower right: MB de Monvel
Provenance[Christine Bethenod, Paris, until 2008; to Weisberg]; Yvonne and Gabriel Weisberg, Minneapolis
Credit LinePromised gift of Gabriel P. and Yvonne M.L. Weisberg, Minneapolis