The Pond in the Tuileries

1898

Auguste Lepère

Associated Names
Auguste Lepère

Artist, French, 1849 - 1918

The image shows a park filled with people, viewed from slightly above. Trees, a building with a dome, and figures in warm earthy tones with hints of purple and pink are in the scene. Dynamic brushstrokes emphasize flowing lines. Closest to the viewer are people in elegant attire, some talking or walking. In the background, white sailboats are on a water body.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel

  • Dimensions

    block: 21.8 x 33.5 cm (8 9/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.5 x 40.8 cm (11 1/4 x 16 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.7.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lotz-Brissonneau 1905, no. 265

  • Series Title

    L'Estampe nouvelle

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000, as Le Bassin des Tuileries (The Pond in the Tuileries).

Bibliography

1905

  • Lotz-Brissonneau, A. L'Oeuvre grave de Auguste Lepere; catalogue descriptif et analytique. Paris: Edmond Sagot, 1905.

Inscriptions

by the artist, lower right in graphite: A. Lepère; by later hand, lower left in graphite: (not deciphered) papier ancien; 3/8;

Wikidata ID

Q75426067

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