The Pigeons

1905

Alphonse Legros

Associated Names
Alphonse Legros

Artist, French, 1837 - 1911

The image depicts three women and a child engaged in conversation near a tree. Two women are seated holding a child, and another woman is crouched nearby. The background shows distant landscape elements such as trees and bushes. The artwork is detailed, featuring soft pencil strokes in a monochrome palette of graphite grays. Elegantly drawn trees frame the scene.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

E. Gerald Lamboley, Washington, 1915-2012; gift in 1993 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art (inv. 1993.11.88); acquired in 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

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Bibliography

1923

  • A Catalogue of the Etchings, Drypoints and Lithographs by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) In the Collection of Frank E. Bliss. Preface by Campbell Dodgson. London: Privately printed, 1923.

Inscriptions

lower right in ink: "A. Legros 1905".

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