Noli me tangere

1894

Ker Xavier Roussel

Associated Names
Ker Xavier Roussel

Artist, French, 1867 - 1944

The image shows two full-length figures standing close to each other on a moonlit night. The person on the left appears to be a woman, with a long flowing garment covering her body entirely. Her hair is dark, and she has distinctive facial features with a sharp profile. Her left hand is raised, holding onto a vertical post or structure. The person on the right also wears a similar long garment and has their head bent forward with arms stretched out slightly. They have a draped fabric over their head and are barefoot. The background is mostly dark, with a light source at the level of the figures, suggesting either moonlight or an inner illumination. There is a small structure behind them that appears to be a fence or railing, and a distant landscape with a body of water and a small sailboat is visible. The scene is surrounded by a broad, blank margin of paper, with some marks and a signature at the lower right corner of the paper.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on thin beige wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.86 × 14.29 cm (9 × 5 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 38.42 × 27.94 cm (15 1/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.180.121

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Salomon 1968, no. 9

  • Series Title

    Album de la Revue blanche


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston [not in Lugt]; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Salomon, Jacques. Introduction a l'oeuvre gravé de K. X. Roussel. Paris: Mercure de France, 1968: 9.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: no. 32 / K.X R.

Wikidata ID

Q76347017

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