La Belle au bois dormant

1894

after Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Associated Names
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Artist After, British, 1833 - 1898

The image is a sketch of a person lying on their side. The person is reclining on a surface with their head on a pillow, body horizontal. The face is turned slightly towards the viewer, with closed eyes and soft waves of hair. They are wearing a long, patterned garment with a belt, and a circlet around their head. Their feet are covered with shoes or slippers featuring buttons or ornaments. The background is plain textured paper with no additional elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.5 x 21.9 cm (4 15/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
    sheet (program closed): 17.1 x 27.5 cm (6 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
    sheet (program opened): 17.1 x 54.8 cm (6 3/4 x 21 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.11

  • Series Title

    Théâtre de l'Oeuvre

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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, 61, no. 64.

1998

  • Boyer, Patricia. 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. 72, fig. 53.

Inscriptions

lower right printed: Dessin de Burne-Jones; lower center printed: Imprimerie Alphonse Lemerre, 25, rue des Grands-Augustins.; across right side verso printed: "L'OEUVRE" / SEPTIEME SPECTACLE DE LA SAISON 1893-94 / La Belle au Bois dormant / Féerie dramatique en trois actes, de MM. HENRY BATAILLE et ROBERT D'HUMIERES... / Administration du "Théâtre de l'OEuvre" : 23, rue Turgot. / Édité par L'Estampe Originale, 17, rue de Rome.

Wikidata ID

Q75395142

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