Le Canard sauvage, 1891

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series Title

Théâtre Libre

Medium

photomechanical process (photogravure?) on light brown wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 23.6 x 15.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Atlas Foundation

Accession Number

1995.76.114

Artists / Makers

Rougeron-Vignerot (artist) French, active 1890s

Ferdinand Bac (artist after) French, 1859 - 1952

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Inscription

lower right in plate: ferdinand Bac; lower left in plate: Rougeron-Vignerot Sc.; upper right printed: Le Théâtre Libre; center verso printed: LE THÉATRE LIBRE / Cinquième Spectacle de la Saison 1890-91. / LE / CANARD SAUVAGE... / De la part de M. Henrik Ibsen / et des traducteurs, / MM. Armand Ephraïm et Th. Lindenlaub.

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Atlas, Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
Darzens, Rodolphe

Bibliography

1992: Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, 22, no. 10.

1998: Boyer, Patricia. Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 21.