Hein! Pas très blancs tes dessous... (Hmm! Your Underwear Isn't Very White)
1912
Adolphe Léon Willette
Artist, French, 1857 - 1926
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown 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): 11.43 × 12.7 cm (4 1/2 × 5 in.)
image (print): 29.53 × 25.4 cm (11 5/8 × 10 in.)
mount: 57.79 × 45.72 cm (22 3/4 × 18 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.132.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Vernon Paul Martin; by inheritance to his son, Nicholas Martin, Alexandria VA; Gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
in ink below drawing: Hein!...pas très blancs tes dessous, Marianne! / A. Willette; in plate below printed image: Regarde Pierrot!...hé!...Pierrot!...écoute donc.../ regarde mon joli linge blanc...; lower right in plate: A. Willette
Watermarks
on mount: INGRES / FRANCE
Wikidata ID
Q64533397