Le Canard sauvage
1891
Artist, French, active 1890s
Rougeron-Vignerot after Ferdinand Bac

Artwork overview
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Medium
photomechanical process (photogravure?) on light brown wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 23.6 x 15.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1995.76.114
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; 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, 22, no. 10.
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. 21.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: ferdinand Bac; lower left in plate: Rougeron-Vignerot Sc.; upper right printed: Le Théâtre Libre; center verso printed: LE THÉATRE LIBRE / Cinquième Spectacle de la Saison 1890-91. / LE / CANARD SAUVAGE... / De la part de M. Henrik Ibsen / et des traducteurs, / MM. Armand Ephraïm et Th. Lindenlaub.
Wikidata ID
Q75397738