Dans les Champs de Cenon

Maxime Lalanne

Associated Names
Maxime Lalanne

Artist, French, 1827 - 1886

Alfred Cadart

Printer, French, 1828 - 1875

Alfred Cadart

Publisher, French, 1828 - 1875

The image shows a landscape view from a slightly elevated point. The horizon is low in the image, lined with trees. It is a detailed line drawing, likely an etching, with intricate strokes capturing the foliage and buildings. The color palette is monochrome in shades of sepia or dark brown. Scattered trees and vegetation transition into a grassy field. In the far distance, a village with rooftops and a spire is visible against a lightly cloudy sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.7 × 23.9 cm (6 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
    plate: 19.8 × 28 cm (7 13/16 × 11 in.)
    sheet: 30 × 45 cm (11 13/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.113.44

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Villet 2010, no. 117,state iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James and Carol Goodfriend, New York; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892, no. 95.

2010

  • Villet, Jeffrey Michael. The Complete Prints of Maxime Lalanne: a catalogue raisonné, lithographs and etchings. Washington, DC: 2010, no. 117, state iv/v.

Inscriptions

etched in image lower left: Lalannes / 1876; lower right: Cénon; engraved beneath plate lower left: Maxime Lalanne, del. et sculp.; lower center: DANS LES CHAMPS DE CÉNON. / (Eau-forte gravée directement sur cuivre d'après nature); lower right: Vve A. Cadart, Edit. Imp. 56, Bard Haussmann, Paris.; in graphite by later hands lower left: C. 102 / Lalanne; center: 2g6; bottom right: Lalanne (not deciphered); verso bottom left: APG 11008

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