Three Breton Women with Infants

1894

Armand Séguin

Associated Names
Armand Séguin

Artist, French, 1869 - 1903

The image shows four figures standing on a rocky shore near the water. The figures are wearing long dresses and head coverings, with simplified, abstract shapes. The monochromatic color scheme emphasizes brown shades. The landscape includes stylized water and rocks in the background. The style resembles that of Paul Gauguin.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut printed in red-brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.5 × 18.7 cm (8 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.3 × 21.5 cm (10 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.255

  • Series Title

    L'Ymagier (No. 2, January 1895)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

Inscriptions

recto: in block, at upper right: 1894; at lower left, in graphite, in later hand: Emile Bernard.; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65219338

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