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Storm (Un orage)

Alphonse Legros

Associated Names

Alphonse Legros

Artist, French, 1837 - 1911

The image depicts a landscape with a body of water, vegetation near the water's edge, cloudy skies, and distant land. The brushstrokes create a textured effect, with a monochromatic color scheme of varying shades of gray.

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint and (etching?) on light green paper
Credit Line

Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
Accession Number

1953.12.6
Catalogue Raisonné

Bliss 1923, no. 288

Artwork history & notes

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65214468

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