Les Fossiles, 1892

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series Title

Théâtre Libre

Medium

6-color lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 23.9 x 32 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Atlas Foundation

Accession Number

1995.76.40

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in stone: H G. Ibels; upper left printed: LES FOSSILES...; lower center printed: De la part de M. François de CUREL.; along right side printed: LE / THÉATRE / LIBRE / Programme / du / 2me SPECTACLE / de la Saison / 1892-1893; lower right printed: Paris. Imp. Eugène Verneau, 108, r. 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.

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. 14, as Les Fossiles (The Fossils) by François de Curel.

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, 24, no. 15.

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. 14.