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Selected Charcoal Drawings

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco), Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) Italian, Charcoal highlighted with white chalk on fourteen sheets of blue laid paper, two of the sheets cut from elsewhere on the original cartoon and reset at the left and right margins to make up the oval — The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco)
Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)
1612–14

A Woman Spinning Flax, François Bonvin French, Charcoal on laid paper — A Woman Spinning Flax
François Bonvin
1861

Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles), Paul Gauguin French, Charcoal on laid paper — Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles)
Paul Gauguin
ca. 1899

Drawing XIII, Georgia O'Keeffe American, Charcoal on paper — Drawing XIII
Georgia O'Keeffe
1916–17

Bust of a Young Woman, Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) German, Charcoal — Bust of a Young Woman
Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)
Albrecht Dürer
1500–1545

Portrait of Simon von Liebenstein (?), Hans Schwarz German, Charcoal (cut out along the contours, laid down twice) — Portrait of Simon von Liebenstein (?)
Hans Schwarz
ca. 1516

Saint John the Evangelist (recto; Cartoon for a Fresco); Saint Mark (verso; Cartoon for a Fresco), Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) Italian, (Recto and verso) Charcoal, highlighted with white chalk, on blue paper; outlines heavily stylus-incised on recto, and partly so on verso — Saint John the Evangelist (recto; Cartoon for a Fresco); Saint Mark (verso; Cartoon for a Fresco)
Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi)
1548–49

Profile Head of a Youth Looking to Upper Left, and Study of Clasped Hands

Giacomo Cavedone

1577–1660

Bust of a Young Girl, Profile to Left

Carle (Charles André) Vanloo

18th century

Women Carrying Faggots, Jean-François Millet French, Charcoal heightened with white gouache, charcoal border, on heavy laid gray-blue paper — Women Carrying Faggots
Jean-François Millet
ca. 1858

A Pond with a Fisherman along the River Ain, Adolphe Appian French, Charcoal with stumping and scratching out — A Pond with a Fisherman along the River Ain
Adolphe Appian
1868–70

The Cider Jug, Léon-Augustin Lhermitte French, Charcoal on laid paper — The Cider Jug
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte
1874

Noah, Sir Edward Burne-Jones British, Charcoal — Noah
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Morris & Company
February 1, 1874

River Landscape, William Morris Hunt American, Charcoal on off-white laid paper, American — River Landscape
William Morris Hunt
ca. 1877

Bather Drying Herself, Edgar Degas French, Charcoal and pastel on off-white laid paper — Bather Drying Herself
Edgar Degas
ca. 1883–84

Man Standing, Head Thrown Back, John Singer Sargent American, Charcoal on white wove paper, American — Man Standing, Head Thrown Back
John Singer Sargent
1890–1916

Armor, Odilon Redon French, Charcoal and conté crayon — Armor
Odilon Redon
1891

Cleveland Johnson, Violet Oakley American, Charcoal, white chalk, and pastel on brown laid paper, American — Cleveland Johnson
Violet Oakley

Standing Female Nude, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Charcoal on paper — Standing Female Nude
Pablo Picasso
1910

Alfred Stieglitz, Marius de Zayas Mexican, Charcoal on paper — Alfred Stieglitz
Marius de Zayas
ca. 1912–13

Bituminous Coal Storage Pile, Joseph Stella American, Charcoal on paper — Bituminous Coal Storage Pile
Joseph Stella
ca. 1920

Reflection in the Mirror, Henri Matisse French, Charcoal on paper — Reflection in the Mirror
Henri Matisse
early 1923

Reclining Model in Chemise and Stockings, Egon Schiele Austrian, Charcoal on paper — Reclining Model in Chemise and Stockings
Egon Schiele
1917

Untitled, Tony Smith American, Charcoal on paper — Untitled
Tony Smith
1953–55