Rabbits (Les Lapins)

1893

Henri-Charles Guérard

Associated Names
Henri-Charles Guérard

Artist, French, 1846 - 1897

This is a print of two rabbits, one white and one black, both sitting and facing the right. The black rabbit is partially visible, sitting in front of the white rabbit, near the bottom left corner. Their paws are tucked in and their tall ears upright. They sit on a white surface, and the background is gray.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 33 x 23.2 cm (13 x 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 60 x 43.4 cm (23 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.162.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi undesc

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ira and Virginia Jackson Collection, Houston; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: no. undesc

1975

  • Bertin, Claudie. Henri Guerard: L'oeuvre grave. Paris, 1975: no. 338

1991

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

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: HC Guérard; upper left in block: HG (in monogram)

Markings

blindstamp of L'Estampe originale

Wikidata ID

Q76342292

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