Greniers indigènes et habitations à Akaroa, presqu'Ile de Banks, 1845 (Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845)

1865

Charles Meryon

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

The image shows a landscape with rural structures depicted in intricate detail. The background features hills leading to a mountain range. The style of the etching is detailed, with fine lines creating texture. The color palette is sepia. A dirt path, bushes, and thatched roof buildings are visible, along with several figures. Trees with textured leaves are in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12 × 22.2 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
    plate: 14 × 23.7 cm (5 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 20.5 × 31.8 cm (8 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.145

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 97, State i/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jules Niel [19th century], Paris; Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau [1840-1893], London, (Lugt 2412); Bernard B. MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Herschel V. Jones [1861-1928], Minneapolis; (sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, 29 March 1921, lot 229); Cortlandt F. Bishop [1870-1935], New York City, (Lugt 2770b); (sale, American Art Association & Anderson Galleries Inc., New York, 19 November 1935, lot 153); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

Bibliography

1924

  • Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990

  • Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated. "Trial proof" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "LD 70 undescribed [illeg.] 1st state" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "From the [illeg.] Niel + Thibaudeau collections" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "B63" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "120" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Wikidata ID

Q65071222

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