Hommage à Tolstoï

1901

Eugène Carrière

Associated Names
Eugène Carrière

Artist, French, 1849 - 1906

The image features soft, swirling lines and shapes on a dark background. The shapes resemble human faces and hands, appearing to float or emerge from the shadows. The elongated strokes evoke movement, akin to wisps of smoke or flowing fabric. The composition holds an abstract quality, reminiscent of captured visions or fleeting dreams.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on chine colle

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.7 x 15.4 cm (8 15/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.7 x 24.6 cm (12 1/2 x 9 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.157.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 42

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

McVitty Collection. (Kennedy Galleries, New York); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased September 16, 1970; gift to NGA, 2003.

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.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: E.C.; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Consolation rare trial proof by Carrière

Wikidata ID

Q76339215

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