Mme Eugène Carrière

1893

Eugène Carrière

Associated Names
Eugène Carrière

Artist, French, 1849 - 1906

The image depicts a person's face and shoulders, with a focus on the face. The person is looking slightly downward and to the left. The facial features are softly rendered with indistinct outlines and shading. The person's dark hair blends into the background. The clothing is dark and merges with the background. The background is textured gray, merging with the figure. The image is a monochromatic drawing on light beige paper with the artist's signature "Eugene Carrière" in the lower left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 39 x 33.8 cm (15 3/8 x 13 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 59.7 x 42.6 cm (23 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.136.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 15

  • Series Title

    L'Estampe originale (album 4)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

1991

  • Boyer, Patricia Eckert, and Phillip Dennis Cate. L'Estampe originale: Artistic Printmaking in France 1893 - 1895. Zwolle, 1991: 12.

Inscriptions

lower right below image in graphite: Eugène Carrière; lower left below image in graphite: No 38.; lower left in stone: Eugène Carrière

Markings

BS: Estampe Originale

Wikidata ID

Q75420219

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