Ancienne habitation à Bourges, dite "La Maison du Musicien" (An Old House at Bourges, Sometimes Called the "Musician's House"), 1860

Not on View

Medium

etching with graphite additions on wove Japanese paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.8 × 13.4 cm (9 × 5 1/4 in.)

sheet: 29.1 × 17.6 cm (11 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 70, State i/v

Accession Number

1943.3.6212

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "1re etat epreuve naturelle" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "LD 56I" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "71" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "B 59" [erased] lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). (Albert W. Scholle collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2923a).

Provenance

Jules Niel [19th century], Paris; Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau [1840-1892], (Lugt 2412), London; Bernard B. MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Albert W. Scholle [1860-1917], New York City, (Lugt 2923a); Clendenin J. Ryan [1881-1939], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 18 January 1940, lot 189); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

MacGeorge, Bernard Buchanan
Niel, Jules
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Ryan, Clendenin J.
Scholle, Albert W.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt

Bibliography

1924: Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990: Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.