La Dupe; Son petit coeur

1891

Alexandre Charpentier

Artist, French, 1856 - 1909

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    embossing (gaufrage) on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.8 x 14.7 cm (7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.76.14

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. 10, as La Dupe (The Dupe) by Georges Ancey; Son petit coeur (The Little Heart) by Louis Marsolleau.

2006

  • Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856-1909), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006, no cat.

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, 23, no. 13.

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. 10.

Inscriptions

lower right embossed: Alexandre Charpentier; upper left printed: LE THÉATRE LIBRE / Saison 1891-1892; lower left printed: SON PETIT COEUR...; center right printed: LA DUPE...; across bottom printed: Mercredi 27 Novembre 1889.... / De la part de MM. GEORGES ANCEY et LOUIS MARSOLLEAU.

Wikidata ID

Q75395154

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