Bastion 66

1871

Maxime Lalanne

Associated Names
Maxime Lalanne

Artist, French, 1827 - 1886

The image is an etching of a rural scene depicting a landscape with a high horizon line showing a distant town or city with buildings and hills. Close by, there are wooden carts, lumber piles, and a structure similar to a barn or outbuilding, with figures present. The middle distance shows more architecture, adding texture. The etching features detailed lines contrasting natural and structured forms. It uses varying shades of black and grey, typical of etchings, focusing on texture and contrast rather than color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 × 24 cm (6 5/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.3 × 40.4 cm (12 5/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.113.19

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Villet 2010, no. 70, state iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James and Carol Goodfriend, New York; gift to NGA, 2021.

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, nos. 70-83.

2010

  • Villet, Jeffrey Michael. The Complete Prints of Maxime Lalanne: a catalogue raisonné, lithographs and etchings. Washington, DC: 2010, no. 70, state iv/iv.

Inscriptions

by later hand across bottom in graphite: B71 L70 Bastion 66; lower right: 172; verso lower left: B[?]: 70.83 ("[?] atiste [pues?] du Seige de Paris"); across bottom: APG 16006; lower right: 150-

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