Le Haut d'un battant de porte (Birds Nailed to a Barn Door)

1852 (this edition 1865)

Félix Bracquemond

Associated Names
Félix Bracquemond

Artist, French, 1833 - 1914

Eugène Delâtre

Printer, French, 1864 - 1938

The image shows three birds and a bat mounted on a wooden panel. Two of the birds have their wings spread wide. The color palette is monochrome, primarily sepia tones, giving a vintage feel. The largest bird is on the left with its wings spread, followed by a bat in the center above another bird with its wings partially open, and an owl with wide wings on the right. There is a sign with text at the bottom right corner of the panel and a visible metal hinge on the right side.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Stanford, CA); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

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, no. 110, v/v

1987

  • Bouillon, Jean-Paul. Félix Bracquemond, Le Réalisme Absolu: oeuvre gravé 1849-1859, catalogue raisonné, Geneva: Skira, 1987.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower right: FBracquemond / del & fec / 1865; lower center in image, on tablet: Ici, tu vois tristement pendre / Oiseaux pillards et convoiteux... / A leurs pareils c'est pour apprendre / Que voler and voler sont deux.; in plate, below image, at left: Bracquemond sculp.; in plate, above image, at right: 177.; in plate, below image, at center: LE HAUT D'UN BATTANT DE PORTE. / Paris, Publié par CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79. Rue Richelieu; in plate, below image, at right: Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 303, Paris; verso: none

Markings

blindstamp of Cadart et Luquet (Lugt 424)

Watermarks

AQUA-FORTISTES

Wikidata ID

Q76439301

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