Bain-froid chevrier, dit "de l'École" (Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, Sometimes called the "School-Baths")

1864

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12 × 13.6 cm (4 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.)
    plate: 13.1 × 14.3 cm (5 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 34.3 × 49.9 cm (13 1/2 × 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6177

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 93, State iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, Sometimes Called the School-Baths.

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

"Bon à tirer pour vingt-cinq épreuves a / 16 octobre 1864. / C. Meryon" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "KK616" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Le bain froid chevrier-H.IV.44-(collection Hazard)" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "O.S.L.J" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "1184" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "21776" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

"HUDELIST" [crowned crest] "HP" "HALLIN[ES]"

Wikidata ID

Q65019222

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