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Hanging Clown (Pierrôt pendu)

1894

Adolphe Léon Willette

Artist, French, 1857 - 1926

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph on japan paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Dimensions

sheet: 46.5 x 29.2 cm (18 5/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Accession

2004.162.41
Catalogue Raisonné

Boyer and Cate 1991, no. 94

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Jackson, Ira, Dr.

Exhibition History

2009

The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

1991

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

Inscriptions

lower right in blue pencil: 14 / A. Willette; lower left in image: AWillette

Markings

blindstamp of L'Estampe originale

Wikidata ID

Q76335100

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