Venise sauvée (Venice Preserved)

1895

Jan Toorop

Associated Names
Jan Toorop

Artist, Dutch, 1858 - 1928

The image is composed of undulating lines and shapes. Two human profiles are intertwined with the lines at the top. In the center, there are piercing eyes. The edges are framed with faces resembling theatrical masks.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 49.9 x 32.8 cm (19 5/8 x 12 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.77

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Verbeek 1969, no. 15

  • 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

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. 51, as Venise sauvée (Venice Preserved) by Thomas Otway.

Bibliography

1969

  • J. Verbeek. Jan Toroop, 1858 - 1928. Amsterdam, 1969: no. 15.

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, 71, no. 77.

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. 51.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone (backwards): JAN / TOOROP; upper right printed: Troisième saison / 1re soirée / Venise sauvée / Pièce en 5 actes d'Otway / Adaptation de GIL-PENE...; across botton in stone: L'OEUVRE ADMINISTRATION / 23 RUE TURGOT

Wikidata ID

Q75395689

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