Le Débuché (Breaking Cover)

1833

Eugène Louis Lami

Artist, French, 1800 - 1890

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 96 x 33.8 cm (37 13/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
    page size: 28 x 45.1 cm (11 x 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.59.29.c

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1914, no. 900

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Associated Artworks

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Hallali par terre (Hallali at the Death)

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Le passage du bac (The Ferry)

Eugène Louis Lami

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Le Sanglier sous le pont (The Boar under the Bridge)

Eugène Louis Lami

1833

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Commissioned by the Duc d'Orleans (comparable to Lugt 1999d); Jules Martin, Paris; David David-Weill [1871-1952], Neuilly; (Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1972; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1914

  • Lemoisne, Paul André. L'Oeuvre d'Eugène Lami (1800-1890) (Lithographies, Dessins, Aquarelles, Peintures): Essai d'un Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: H. Champion, 1914.

1926

  • Henriot, Gabriel. Collection David-Weill. 3 vols. Paris,1926-1928:2:89-90, repro.

Inscriptions

lower center in pen and brown ink: Eug. Lami; by later hand below drawing, lower center in pen and brown ink: No. 3. Le Débuché.; by later hand above drawing, upper right in graphite: 1048

Wikidata ID

Q64560542

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