Carnet de 1879-1881 (Forty-Five Sheets)

This album, bound in beige cloth, holds approximately fifty sketches and drawings, some worked on both sides of the sheet. Highlights include portraits of the artist’s mother and of his brother Charles, as well as a scene of the former Palais du Trocadéro in Paris. These sketches also include fifteen genre scenes, twelve figures, five portraits, five landscapes, and five animal studies. Most are executed with pencil, with some completed with pen and ink.