The Spring (La Source)

1899

Ker Xavier Roussel

Associated Names
Ker Xavier Roussel

Artist, French, 1867 - 1944

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

The image shows a scene from a slightly elevated perspective, capturing both humans and the landscape. There is a small, indistinct figure in the upper left. The brushstrokes are textured and impressionistic, suggesting movement. The color palette includes soft tones of yellow, blue, and green, with touches of red and white in the central figure's attire. A figure is reclining near a waterfall to the right, surrounded by lush greenery in varying shades of green and yellow.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    5-color lithograph on china paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.6 x 41 cm (12 7/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.9 x 49.2 cm (14 1/8 x 19 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.130

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Salomon 1968, no. 20

  • Series Title

    L'Album de Paysage: no. 7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1954.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • American Federation of Arts, 1963.

Bibliography

1965

  • Kunsthalle Bremen [Christian von Heusinger, complier]. Ker-Xavier Roussel 1867-1944. Gemalde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Bremen: 1965.

1968

  • Salomon, Jacques. Introduction a l'oeuvre gravé de K. X. Roussel. Paris: Mercure de France, 1968.

Inscriptions

none

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65361138

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