La Cloche engloutie

1897

Paul Ranson

Artist, French, 1862 - 1909

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.9 x 25 cm (12 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.76.61


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. 61, as La Cloche engloutie (The Sunken Bell) by Gerhart Hauptmann.

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, 82, no. 90.

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. 61.

Inscriptions

lower center in stone: Ranson; upper right in stone: l'oeuvre / 22 / rue Turgot; lower right printed: "l'OEuvre" / Administration: 22, rue Turgot; 4e Saison---5e Spectacle / La Cloche Engloutie / Conte dramatique en cinq actes de Gerhart Hauptmann / Traduction de A.-F. Herold.../ Paris. Imp. Eugène Verneau, 108, r. Folie-Méricourt.; lower left printed: Georges BANS, Directeur / 50, Boulevard Latour-Maubourg / PARIS...

Wikidata ID

Q75395552


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