Ancienne habitation à Bourges, dite "La Maison du Musicien" (An Old House at Bourges, Sometimes Called the "Musician's House")

1860

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with graphite additions on wove Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.8 × 13.4 cm (9 × 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 29.1 × 17.6 cm (11 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6212

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 70, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jules Niel [19th century], Paris; Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau [1840-1892], (Lugt 2412), London; Bernard B. MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Albert W. Scholle [1860-1917], New York City, (Lugt 2923a); Clendenin J. Ryan [1881-1939], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 18 January 1940, lot 189); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1924

  • Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990

  • Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated. "1re etat epreuve naturelle" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "LD 56I" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "71" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "B 59" [erased] lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). (Albert W. Scholle collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2923a).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019237

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