Boubouroche; Valet de coeur

1892/1893

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Artist, French, 1867 - 1936

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on laid paper [proof before letters]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.9 x 40.5 cm (11 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.33

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Sérusier [1863-1927], Paris; by inheritance to his wife, Marguerite Sérusier [died 1950], Paris; gift to her friend, Henriette Boutaric, Paris (her sale, Paris, Ader Picard Tajan, 20 June 1984, lot 490); purchased by 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. 21, as Boubouroche by Georges Courteline; Valet de coeur (The Jack of Hearts) by Maurice Vaucaire.

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, 27, no. 19.

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. 21.

Inscriptions

lower right in stone: H. G Ibels; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Theâtre Libre 1892-93 Boubouroche; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 840387

Markings

recto: none; verso: black-stamped circular stamp: Ader Picard-Tajan / (1) 261.80.07 PARIS [center of circle]; Vente des 19 et 20 Juin 1984 - BOUTARIC/SERUSIER [outer rim of circle]

Wikidata ID

Q75395281

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