Le Devoir

1893

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Artist, French, 1867 - 1936

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    4-color lithograph on laid paper [proof before letters]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.2 x 40.1 cm (11 1/2 x 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.76.37

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

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, 26, no. 17 (proof before letters).

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. 36.

Inscriptions

lower center in stone: H.G. Ibels; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 840388 / Théâtre Libre - 1892-93 Le Devoir; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: IBels (Litho originale)

Watermarks

MP (?) (cut off)

Wikidata ID

Q75395353

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