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Preparatory work

Ricardo Bartholomé Green Devoto 1927

Standing full-length slightly to the right and looking to the viewer, wearing a frilled shirt, holding two Beagle hounds on leashes with his left hand, his left arm by his side, his right hand held to his waist, a further drawing of the sitter in the top right corner, bust length to the right and looking to the left

Sepia chalk on parchment coloured paper, 48.3 x 32.4 cm (19 x 12 ¾ in.)

Inscribed upper right: 5 

Sitters’ Book II, f. 57: Rosita et Ricardito Green / Paris 27 Nov. 1927^[1] 

Private Collection

Verso is a preparatory drawing of Madame Jules Lorthiois [6087].

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