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Le vautour (The Vulture)

1895

Aristide Rouseaud

Artist, French, second half 19th century

Aristide Rouseaud

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Artwork overview

Medium

cerograph (inkless embossment) on heavy japan paper
Credit Line

Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection, gift in memory of Virginia H. Jackson
Dimensions

plate: 19.9 x 27.2 cm (7 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
sheet: 28 x 38.1 cm (11 x 15 in.)
Accession Number

1996.151.42

L'Épreuve (album 2, deluxe edition)

Jacques-Emile Blanche, Maurice Dumont, Camille Bourget, Henri de Groux, Richard Ranft, Paul Edouard Crébassa, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Charles-Louis-M. Houdard, Aristide Rouseaud, Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand

1895

L'enfant au panier (Child with a Basket)

Jacques-Emile Blanche

1895

Fleurs (Flowers)

Charles-Louis-M. Houdard

1895

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Jackson, Ira, Dr.

Inscriptions

lower right below plate mark in violet pencil: Le Vautour / AR; stamped lower right verso in black: 012

Wikidata ID

Q75408472

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