Parisian Woman (The Effect of the Night)

1893

Henri Boutet

Associated Names
Henri Boutet

Artist, French, 1851 - 1919

The image displays an artwork showing a woman walking away in profile but slightly turning towards the viewer. Her hair is styled in an updo, gathered at the top of her head. She wears a dark, flowing garment resembling a long dress or coat. The background features a street scene with blurry figures and structures, hinting at a nighttime city setting. Street lamps illuminate the scene, casting a soft glow, with silhouettes of other figures and a horse-drawn carriage visible in the shadows. The image has a soft, hazy texture, creating a dreamlike quality.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint and roulette on buff wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 49.2 x 27.2 cm (19 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 59.9 x 42 cm (23 9/16 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.162.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boyer and Cate 1991, no. 10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ira and Virginia Jackson Collection, Houston; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

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

Inscriptions

lower left in image: Henri Boutet; lower right in graphite: No 31 / Henri Boutet

Markings

blindstamp of L'Estampe originale

Wikidata ID

Q76342185

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