Le malingre cryptogame (The Sickly Cryptogam)

1860

Charles Meryon

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Thick curving lines form a sinuous, twisting shape, resembling a knotted organic form. The structure is centrally located, with intertwining loops against a textured, earthy background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 14.1 × 12.2 cm (5 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6152

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 68, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • Visionaries and Dreamers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no. 54.

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

[Charles Meryon monogram signature] lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "c14301" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "[illegible]" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q65019197

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