Les Cigognes (The Storks)

1870s

Félix Bracquemond

Associated Names
Félix Bracquemond

Artist, French, 1833 - 1914

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

This is a drawing of storks near a wall structure. The drawing features two storks standing in close proximity to a large, imposing stone wall. The two birds are illustrated with a high level of detail. The stone wall features rounded columns and a circular window or decorative element on it. The setting appears to be by a riverbank or a similar natural environment, as indicated by the varying textures representing water and ground beneath the birds. In the background, the sky is depicted with some clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.2 × 13.7 cm (6 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet (chine collé): 21.6 × 16.2 cm (8 1/2 × 6 3/8 in.)
    plate: 24.5 × 18.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
    mount: 35.1 × 27.5 cm (13 13/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.57.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 179, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, New York); Mrs. Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October, 1968; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, above image, at left: 271.; in plate, below image, at left: Bracquemond sculp; in plate, below image, at right: Imp Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, Paris; in plate, below image, at center: LES CIGOGNES; by later hand, lower left in graphite: A53000; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q76339325

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