Salamander (La Salamandre)

1895

Pierre Roche

Associated Names
Pierre Roche

Artist, French, 1855 - 1922

The image shows a drawing of a vine with leaves extending from the upper right corner towards the center, with a small insect positioned slightly below the vine to the left. The color palette is primarily light beige and soft gray. The vine cascades diagonally from the top right, while the insect is placed lower and to the left of the vine.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston, (stamp, VIJ in square, Lugt undescribed); gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Boyer, Patricia Eckert, and Phillip Dennis Cate. L'Estampe originale: Artistic Printmaking in France 1893 - 1895. Zwolle, 1991: 71.

Inscriptions

outside image, at top right: 119.44; below image, at right: no 52 Pierre Roche; at bottom right corner of the sheet, in later hand: Pierre Roche / Le Lezard / Lithographie originale / en couleurs; below image, at center, blind-stamped: L'ESTAMPE / ORIGINALE

Wikidata ID

Q76355666

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