Séquestré
1912
Adolphe Léon Willette
Artist, French, 1857 - 1926
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and ink with watercolor on board with a mounted photomechanical illustration
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Credit Line
Gift of Nicholas Martin in memory of his parents, Vernon Paul and Jean Webster Martin
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Dimensions
image (drawing): 9.53 × 18.42 cm (3 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)
image (print): 38.42 × 25.4 cm (15 1/8 × 10 in.)
mount: 57.15 × 45.72 cm (22 1/2 × 18 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.132.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Vernon Paul Martin; by inheritance to his son, Nicholas Martin, Alexandria VA; Gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
in image in ink: SEQUESTRE; lower right in ink: oui, dans cet infâme lycée / de Dijon...j'en ai rêvé / huit ans...du printemps! / A. Willette / 1912; in printed image, top panel: at upper right, JUIN and at lower right, Willette; lower panel: at left, MAI, and at lower right, Willette; on mount verso in graphite: 495-61 [undeciphered]
Watermarks
on mount: INGRES / FRANCE
Wikidata ID
Q64533396