The Sawmill of Bas-Meudon

1868

Félix Bracquemond

Associated Names
Félix Bracquemond

Artist, French, 1833 - 1914

The image shows a view from the water's edge near a cluster of small boats. Houses are seen on a gently sloping hillside in the distance, arranged linearly up the bank with foliage around them. The style is of an etching with fine, precise lines, conveying details and texture without color. The color palette is limited, using light and dark tones to capture the scene in a monochromatic manner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 40.13 × 63.25 cm (15 13/16 × 24 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.29 × 71.63 cm (19 13/16 × 28 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.65.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi 188, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2023 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: no. 188 i/iii

Inscriptions

recto: at lower right, in black chalk: Bracquemond [underlined]

Watermarks

back to back C's

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