A Bas Le Progrès!

1894

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Associated Names
Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Artist, French, 1867 - 1936

This is a drawing of a man with a rifle breaking a tool. The image features a man in a white shirt and blue trousers, breaking a wooden object with a rifle. The text around the image includes the phrase "A BAS LE PROGRÈS." The drawing has a soft, sepia-toned background, with the man's clothing color and the rifle in muted shades. The artist's signature and some additional text are present. The overall tone of the drawing conveys resistance or protest against advancement or change.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    3-color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.5 x 24.9 cm (12 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.29

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1998

  • Boyer, Patricia. 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. 56.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: H G. Ibels; center in stone: A BAS LE PROGRES! / Edmond de Goncourt... / Chez Mr + Mme Frantz Jourdain / le Mercredi 25 Avril 1894; by later hand, upper left in graphite: 60

Wikidata ID

Q75395273

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