Couple by a Ruined House

1838/1850

Alexandre Calame

Artist, Swiss, 1810 - 1864

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.9 x 25 cm (7 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 27 x 35.8 cm (10 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.129.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Calabi 1937, no. IV, 47

Associated Artworks

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Alexandre Calame

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Shipwreck

Alexandre Calame

1838

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Alexandre Calame

1838


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Daniela Laube Inc. Fine Art, New York); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1937

  • Calabi, A., and A. Schreiber-Favre. "Les eaux-fortes et les lithographies d'Alexandre Calame " Die graphischen Kunste 2 (1937): IV, 47

2009

  • Daniela Laube Fine Art, Catalogue 6, 2009. no. 22.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: 1840-50 Calabi IV, 42

Wikidata ID

Q76555091


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