African Woman

c. 1885/1889

Henri-Charles Guérard

Artist, French, 1846 - 1897

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint printed in brown and black with scraping, heightened with white gouache, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.2 × 29.3 cm (14 5/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 46.5 × 35 cm (18 5/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.65.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bertin 1975, no. 553, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Eric Gillis, Brussels); purchased by NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: no. 193

1975

  • Bertin, Claudie. Henri Guerard: L'oeuvre grave. Paris, 1975: no. 553, i/ii

Inscriptions

In plate, at lower right: 16 [encircled by the name VIEILLE MONTAGNE]

Markings

at lower left, Guérard's large G stamp printed in brown (not in Lugt)

Watermarks

HUDELIST

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