Annabella ('Tis Pity She's a Whore)

1894

Henri Bataille

Artist, French, 1872 - 1922

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25 x 32.7 cm (9 13/16 x 12 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.76.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 42, as Annabella ('Tis Pity She's a Whore) by John Ford.

Bibliography

1992

  • Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, 62, no. 66.

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999: no. 42.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: .H.B; across right side printed: L'OEuvre / 23 rue Turgot / Annabella / pièce de Ford / adaptation en 5 actes de M Maeterlinck... / Causerie de M. Schwob

Wikidata ID

Q75395129

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