L'École des veufs; Au Temps de la ballade, 1889

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series Title

Théâtre Libre

Medium

inkless embossing (gaufrage) on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 24.2 x 18.6 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Atlas Foundation

Accession Number

1995.76.13

Artists / Makers

Alexandre Charpentier (artist) French, 1856 - 1909

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right embossed: ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER; upper left printed: LE THÉATRE LIBRE / Saison 1889-1890; center left printed: ...AU TEMPS DE LA BALLADE...; center right printed: L'ÉCOLE DES VEUFS...; across bottom printed: Mercredi 27 Novembre 1889.... / De la part de MM. GEORGES ANCEY ET GEORGE BOIS. / Paris. -Imp. Eugène VERNEAU, 108, rue de la Folie-Méricourt.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Atlas, Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
Darzens, Rodolphe

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. 4, as L'Ecole des veufs (School for Widowers) by Georges Ancey; Au Temps de la ballade (In the Time of....

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, under no. 11.

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. 4.