Boubouroche; Valet de coeur, 1892/1893

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series Title

Théâtre Libre

Medium

color lithograph on laid paper [proof before letters]

Dimensions

sheet: 28.9 x 40.5 cm (11 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Atlas Foundation

Accession Number

1995.76.33

Artists / Makers

Henri-Gabriel Ibels (artist) French, 1867 - 1936

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in stone: H. G Ibels; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Theâtre Libre 1892-93 Boubouroche; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 840387

Provenance

Paul Sérusier [1863-1927], Paris; by inheritance to his wife, Marguerite Sérusier [died 1950], Paris; gift to her friend, Henriette Boutaric, Paris (her sale, Paris, Ader Picard Tajan, 20 June 1984, lot 490); purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Ader Picard Tajan
Atlas, Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
Boutaric, Henriette
Sérusier, Marguerite
Sérusier, Paul

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. 21, as Boubouroche by Georges Courteline; Valet de coeur (The Jack of Hearts) by Maurice Vaucaire.

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, 27, no. 19.

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. 21.