Unfurled Waves, Flood of September, 1901 (Les Vagues deferlent)

1901

Auguste Lepère

Associated Names
Auguste Lepère

Artist, French, 1849 - 1918

The image shows a coastal scene viewed from a slightly elevated perspective, looking across the sea. The horizon is high in the composition, where the water meets the sky. The style resembles a woodblock print, with flat areas of color and stylized brushstrokes depicting the sea. The color palette includes browns, blues, grays, and whites. The beach is shown with foamy water receding, and a group of figures and a boat are silhouetted against the waves.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.1 x 39.5 cm (11 1/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 32 x 44.5 cm (12 5/8 x 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.140

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lotz-Brissonneau 1905, no. 274, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Mulder, London); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 2, 1985; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1905

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

Inscriptions

lower left in block: AL; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Lepere (A) Les vagues deferlent -- maree de Septembre, 1901; lower right in graphite: ALepere / (not deciphered Leo Ebo / 22

Wikidata ID

Q76336358

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