Evening (Le Soir)

1894

Armand Séguin

Associated Names
Armand Séguin

Artist, French, 1869 - 1903

The image shows a thicket of trees with a distant horizon framed by tall, slender trunks and branches. The intricate etching strokes emphasize textures and forms of the trees, giving a dense appearance. A path curves into the scene, providing depth. The etching technique uses fine lines and hatching to create a rich, earthy color palette with deep browns and sepia hints, contrasting the dark foreground with the lighter sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.9 × 22.8 cm (9 × 9 in.)
    sheet: 60.4 × 42.2 cm (23 3/4 × 16 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.136.74

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Seguin 1980, no. 68, State only

  • Series Title

    L'Estampe originale (album 7)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henri Marie Petiet [1894-1980], Paris (Lugt 5031); Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston, (stamp, VIJ in square, Lugt undescribed); gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Field, Richard S., Strauss, Cynthia L., Wagstaf Jr., Samuel J. Ther Prints of Armand Seguin, 1869-1903. Exh. cat. Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1980, no. 68, only.

1991

  • Boyer, Patricia Eckert, and Phillip Dennis Cate. L'Estampe originale: Artistic Printmaking in France 1893 - 1895. Zwolle, 1991: 79.

Inscriptions

recto: below image, at left, in graphite: n / 55 a. Seguin.; at bottom right, in graphite, in later hand: 30039; verso: none

Markings

recto: L'Estampe Originale (Lugt 819); verso: Henri Marie Petiet (Lugt 5031)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q76336174

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