The Shore of the Escaut River with a Turbulent Sky

c. 1870-1876

Vicomte Ludovic Lepic

Artist, French, 1839 - 1889

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with monoprint inking on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34.4 x 61.5 cm (13 9/16 x 24 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 74 x 89.3 cm (29 1/8 x 35 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.162.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 4

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Artemis Fine Arts, Ltd., London); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased July 14, 1995; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 119.

2009

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

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Epreuve d'essai / [not deciphered]; lower right in colored pencil: première epreuve- d'essai; upper right in sky: Lepic

Wikidata ID

Q76359464

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