Le Simoun

1878

Maxime Lalanne, after Eugène Fromentin

Associated Names
Maxime Lalanne

Artist, French, 1827 - 1886

Eugène Fromentin

Artist After, French, 1820 - 1876

The image shows a landscape captured from ground level. The horizon is low, emphasizing the sky. Palm trees and traditional thatched-roof structures are visible along the horizon. The image features detailed brushstrokes or etching, with a monochromatic color palette of grey and black. Patches of vegetation and shadows are seen closer to the viewer, while palm trees and huts are in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.9 × 17.8 cm (4 11/16 × 7 in.)
    plate: 15 × 21 cm (5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 26 × 34.3 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.113.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Villet 2010, no. 126, state ii/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, no. 144.

2010

  • Villet, Jeffrey Michael. The Complete Prints of Maxime Lalanne: a catalogue raisonné, lithographs and etchings. Washington, DC: 2010, no. 126, state ii/iv.

Inscriptions

in image lower left: Eug. Fromentin; lower right: M. Lalanne; verso in graphite by later hands, lower left (circled): 13 Lalanne 123; lower center: 78-F1-LLX

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