Rock Cliffs along the Romanche, 1858

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 30.3 x 48.4 cm (11 15/16 x 19 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke

Accession Number

2001.80.1

Artists / Makers

Paul Huet (artist) French, 1803 - 1869

Image Use

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Inscription

by the artist, lower left in graphite: a Sechilienne / route de l'Oisans / Isère

Marks and Labels

stamp of the artist's studio (Lugt 1268)

Provenance

Artist's estate (Lugt 1268). Private collection (sale, Christie's, London, 15 December 2000, no. 203; (Emmanuel Moatti, Inc., New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Moatti, Emmanuel

Exhibition History

2001: Master Drawings, 1600-1900, Emmanuel Moatti, New York and Paris, 2001: no. 36.

2004: Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2012: Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 42, 158, no. 17 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)