Burial in Brittany (L'Enterrement en Bretagne)

1897

Charles Cottet

Associated Names
Charles Cottet

Artist, French, 1863 - 1924

Ambroise Vollard

Artist, French, 1866 - 1939

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

The image shows a room with several individuals wearing hooded cloaks. They are seated around tables, with one main figure in the foreground. Their faces are shadowed by the hoods, but one individual's face is partially visible beneath the hood. The figures appear somber and contemplative. The background is indistinct with shadows, giving a sense of a somber, enclosed indoor setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on white wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33 × 48.8 cm (13 × 19 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 42.8 × 57.1 cm (16 7/8 × 22 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.136.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Moran I no. 4

  • Series Title

    L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

H. M. P. (not in Lugt). Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston, (stamp, VIJ in square, Lugt undescribed); gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

below image, at right: Ch Cottet / No 9

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