La Butte-aux-Cailles

1903

Eugène Béjot

Associated Names
Eugène Béjot

Artist, French, 1867 - 1931

The image shows a rural scene with an urban area in the distance. The horizon is above the center line of the image, where buildings make up the urban skyline. Smokestacks emit dark smoke into the sky. Nearby, there are simple wooden structures and leafless trees. The urban area has densely packed buildings with various rooftops. The artwork features fine lines and cross-hatch shading. The color palette is primarily grayscale. Farther away, livestock graze in an open field.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint with roulette on Japanese paper mounted on black wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12 × 19.6 cm (4 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 15 × 25.1 cm (5 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.83.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Philip Conisbee and Faya Causey, Washington, DC, purchased in Paris c. 1994-2000; gift to NGA, 2024

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower left: Bejot / Butte aux Cailles Paris 1903; verso: at lower right in graphite in later hand: 961051

Markings

none

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