Ariane

Ariane

Item Information

Title:
Ariane
Description:
A female figure is seen naked to the hips. She leans back and to the left. Her face turns away and is almost hidden by one of her arms. Her hands cross over her head, in a gesture of despair and her hair floats. There is a wooded shore on the left. On the right, there is sea and the ship of Theseus seen departing.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
H. Fantin
Date:
1900
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Goddesses
Ariadne (Greek mythological character)
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 154
Additional information accompanying item: Right margins not rectified. First state - sketches of nude women in the margins, one to the right, two below, to the right and left. Between the last two, the signature "H. Fantin." Above - "Ariane abandonnee." Edition of 7 proofs. This impression (no. 3) dedicated to Tempelaere.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; 1949
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Hédiard, Germain. "Fantin-Latour : catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographique du maître, précédé d'une étude par Germain Hédiard et d'une notice sur Germain Hédiard par Léonce Bénédite." Librairie de l'art ancien et moderne, 1906, Paris.
Notes (object):
First state.
Identifier:
17_10_000172
Barcode:
36666000202982