Le Grappin; L'Affranchie

1892

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Associated Names
Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Artist, French, 1867 - 1936

The image shows three individuals standing on a wooden platform. On the left, two women are dressed in matching yellow dresses with white trims and white shoes. The taller woman has dark hair styled in an updo and crossed arms, while the shorter woman has long, straight dark hair and rests her arm on the taller woman's hip. On the right, a muscular man stands confidently with his hands on his hips. He wears a red outfit resembling a singlet, white socks, and has a bald head with side hair and a prominent mustache. In the background, there is a green backdrop with a circus scene, including red and white striped balloons, a green tent, figures in winter attire, and a sandy or gravel path where two men in red caps and coats are partially visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.7 x 31 cm (8 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.8 x 40.4 cm (11 5/16 x 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.39

  • Series Title

    Théâtre Libre


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. 13, as Le Grappin (The Grapnel) by Georges Salandri; L'Affranchie (The Emancipated) by Maurice Biollay.

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, 24, no. 14 (proof before letters).

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. 13.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: H.G.Ibels; by later hand, lower center in graphite: -B555-

Watermarks

MP (?) (cut off)

Wikidata ID

Q75395360

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