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"description": "Collection of Drawings lent by Mr. and Mrs. Anson C. Goodyear. The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Buffalo, New York (September 29-October 21, 1923).",
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"description": "Non-Dissenters: Fifth Exhibition Marking Our Tenth Anniversary. Shepherd Gallery, New York (November 1-December 31, 1976).",
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"did_you_know": "One of Eug\u00e8ne Carri\u00e8re's portraits of Jean Ajalbert was translated to lithography and included as a frontispiece to his novel Sao Van Di (1905).",
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"description": "This drawing is one of several portraits that Eug\u00e8ne Carri\u00e8re created of the naturalist writer and art critic Jean Ajalbert. Both were part of the same Symbolist artistic and literary circles in Paris during the late 19th century. Portraiture was a favorite genre for Carri\u00e8re, who often portrayed his friends and colleagues. Here, Ajalbert looks forward directly, seemingly in contrast with his otherwise hazy visage and surroundings.",
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"citation": "Galerie Manzi, Joyant & Cie, Paris. Catalogue des Tableaux, Dessins, Lithographies provenant de l'atelier d'Euge\u0300ne Carrie\u0300re. February 2-3, 1920. Lot 168.",
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"citation": "A Collection of Drawings Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Anson C. Goodyear. Buffalo, NY: The Buffalo Fine Art Academy, 1923.",
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"citation": "Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, \"Collection of Drawings Lent to the Albright Art Gallery By Mr. and Mrs. Anson C. Goodyear,\" Academy Notes, vol. XVIII, no. 2 (July-December, 1923): 58-61.",
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"citation": "Anderson Galleries, New York. Modern Art: Drawings, Lithographs, Etchings & Woodcuts from the Collection of A.C. Goodyear Buffalo, N.Y.. February 16, 1928. Lot 14.",
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"citation": "Shepherd Gallery. Non-Dissenters: One Hundred and Seventy French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors. Exh. Cat. New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1976.",
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