La Vitrioleuse (The Acid Thrower)

1894

Eugène Grasset

Associated Names
Eugène Grasset

Artist, French, 1841 - 1917

The image shows a person standing from the waist up in a side profile, with their head turned towards the viewer. The person has large eyes, a pale complexion, long auburn hair flowing over their shoulders, and is wearing a high-collared dark garment with frills. They are holding a bowl in their hands while the background has an abstract orange and cream design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photo-relief with watercolor stenciling

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 39.9 x 27.6 cm (15 11/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.67.1

  • Series Title

    L'Estampe originale

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. & J. Goodfriend, New York)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 28.

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 28.

Inscriptions

lower right in stone: EGT (in monogram); lower right below image in graphite: EGrasset No 14; lower center in stone: V[erdouc]D[ucourtiaux]H[uillard] (in monogram) / sc.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: APG 15640

Markings

BS: L'Estampe originale

Wikidata ID

Q75421915

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