Couple Standing in Water

1915

Emile Bernard

Associated Names
Emile Bernard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1941

The image shows two individuals in a body of water surrounded by water lilies and tall grass. One figure is fully nude, standing with their back to the viewer, holding the other figure who is partially draped in a cloth. The second individual is leaning backward with their head slightly inclined, featuring softly defined facial features and loosely drawn back hair. In the background, there are outlines of a landscape with hills in the distance and more foliage along the water's edge.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching printed in red on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.5 x 19.9 cm (10 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.8 x 25 cm (12 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.118.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Morane 2000, no. 95

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2003.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Morane, D. Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941). Pont-Aven, 2000, no. 95.

Inscriptions

recto: at bottom in graphite in later hand: N; verso: along bottom in graphite in later hand: Emile Bernard. Ronsard: Nymphes dans les ronaux? Etching. P. Proute 72/50

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q75428132

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