Sur la falaise [Self-Portrait]

before 1888

Henri-Charles Guérard

Artist, French, 1846 - 1897

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and roulette printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased for the Virgina and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.5 × 49 cm (14 × 19 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 47 × 63 cm (18 1/2 × 24 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2021.39.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bertin 1975, no. 1, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Bertin, Claudie. Henri Guerard: L'oeuvre grave. Paris, 1975: no. 1, i/ii

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at upper left: Sur la falaise - H GUERARD

Markings

recto: in plate, at upper left, mark of plate manufacturer: H. GODARD / RUE DE LA HUCHETTE 27 / PARIS [printed in reverse]; verso: none

Watermarks

Arches


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