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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Gobelins Quarter (Le quartier des Gobelins)

1893

Auguste Lepère

Associated Names

Auguste Lepère

Artist, French, 1849 - 1918

The image depicts an elevated view of an industrial cityscape. Buildings and chimneys fill the scene, with smoke billowing into the sky. The brushstrokes are expressive and detailed, capturing the urban architecture and clouds above. The warm sepia color palette adds a nostalgic quality. In the foreground, a figure leans on a railing, observing the cityscape.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching with aquatint
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.5581
Catalogue Raisonné

Lotz-Brissonneau 1905, no. 96, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1905

Lotz-Brissonneau, A. L'Oeuvre grave de Auguste Lepere; catalogue descriptif et analytique. Paris: Edmond Sagot, 1905.

Wikidata ID

Q65019051

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