Two Flowers

c. 1890 - 1895

Theodore Roussel

Associated Names
Theodore Roussel

Artist, British, 1847 - 1926

Theodore Roussel

Printer, British, 1847 - 1926

The image features two flowers, one with spiky petals on the left and another with a more open and rounded shape on the right, each rising on their slender stems. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black used to depict the flowers against a lightly textured beige background. The open flower with rounded petals is positioned slightly above and to the right of the spiky flower in the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    softground etching on J Green & Son wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate (cut to plate mark): 7.9 × 6.8 cm (3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7569

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hausberg 1991, no. 42, state only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Hausberg, Margaret Dunwoody. The Prints of Theodore Roussel: a catalogue raisonné. Bronxville, NY: 1991, no. 42, state only.

Inscriptions

"Theodore Roussel" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Theodore Roussel" lower center tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Imp" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp" lower center tab, graphite, artist's hand. "/1039" verso, lower right, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q65025725

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