Art, literature & historyA North American Indian (Study for historiated A in "Les chefs-d'oeuvre d'art à l'Exposition universelle 1878")
1878
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, over traces of red chalk and graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on card
- Dimensions
- 16.8 × 13.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1923.348
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
A North American Indian (Study for historiated A in "Les chefs-d'oeuvre d'art à l'Exposition universelle 1878") — Rodolphe Bresdin. 1878.
Medium: Pen and black ink, over traces of red chalk and graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on card. Dimensions: 16.8 × 13.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 7/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.