L'École des veufs; Au Temps de la ballade

1889

Alexandre Charpentier

Artist, French, 1856 - 1909

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    inkless embossing (gaufrage) on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.2 x 18.6 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.76.13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 4, as L'Ecole des veufs (School for Widowers) by Georges Ancey; Au Temps de la ballade (In the Time of....

Bibliography

1992

  • Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, under no. 11.

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999: no. 4.

Inscriptions

lower right embossed: ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER; upper left printed: LE THÉATRE LIBRE / Saison 1889-1890; center left printed: ...AU TEMPS DE LA BALLADE...; center right printed: L'ÉCOLE DES VEUFS...; across bottom printed: Mercredi 27 Novembre 1889.... / De la part de MM. GEORGES ANCEY ET GEORGE BOIS. / Paris. -Imp. Eugène VERNEAU, 108, rue de la Folie-Méricourt.

Wikidata ID

Q75395149

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