Study for Geometry in “The Sorbonne', 1886–87, Fabricated black crayon, squared with blue crayon, 10 x 6 7/8 in. (25.4 x 17.5 cm), Drawings, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, Lyons 1824–1898 Paris), The youthful, pensive figure in this drawing stands as part of an allegory of geometry in one of Puvis’s great mural masterpieces: The Sorbonne (1887–89), which he painted in the newly rebuilt lecture hall of the University of Paris
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Study, Geometry, Sorbonne, 1886–87, Fabricated black crayon, squared, blue, 10 x 6 7/8, 25.4 17.5 cm, Drawings, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French, Lyons, 1824–1898, Paris, youthful, pensive figure, drawing stands, part, allegory, geometry, Puvis, great, mural, masterpieces, 1887–89, painted, newly rebuilt, lecture, hall, University
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