Reclining Women

1893

Ker Xavier Roussel

Associated Names
Ker Xavier Roussel

Artist, French, 1867 - 1944

This is a drawing of abstract patterns and text. The image features simple black ink on a light brown background. The drawing has an abstract design in the upper left corner, surrounded by formal lines that may depict a piece of furniture or an architectural element like a window. The words "paysage" and "femmes causant" are written below the illustration, meaning "women talking" in French. The name "K. X. Roussel" is inscribed in the bottom right corner. The style is minimalistic, focusing on the use of line and negative space.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.5 x 15.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.180.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Salomon 1968, no. 7

  • Series Title

    Le Barc de Bouteville exhibition catalog

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ira and Virginia Jackson, Houston; partial gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Salomon, Jacques. Introduction a l'oeuvre gravé de K. X. Roussel. Paris: Mercure de France, 1968.

Inscriptions

lower right: K.X. Roussel

Wikidata ID

Q75420646

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