Feuille d'études

Feuille d'études

Item Information

Title:
Feuille d'études
Title (alt.):
Feuille d'études (4 nude sketches)
Description:
A study sheet comprised of four subjects. No. 1 - above to the left , a naked woman sits, facing forward and has a drapery on her right leg. No. 2 - A second naked woman sits and turns as if to look at her leg which she holds with one hand. No. 3 - A third naked woman stands, and her left hand plays with her hair falling on her shoulder and her right hand holds a falling drapery. No. 4 - Two naked women, standing (both a study of the same figure) and the left arm rises above her head and is under a tree, in the pose of Eve. There were 5 trial proofs of this plate and it was divided into three separate sheets, one of which is No. 1 and No. 2, the second is No. 3 and the third is No. 4 . In the trial proofs, there are inscriptions that were erased in the final edition. No.2 includes the inscription on the top right " Euridyce" and on the bottom right, "Buré, 1904". Below this there is the number 132. No. 3 bears, at the top, the number "123". No. 4 includes, on the bottom left "Ève, Freilicht, 18" and on the right "Buré 1904." Edition of 12 prints. Stone erased.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Date:
[ca. 1836–1904]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Studies (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Nudes
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item or material accompanying item.
Hédiard: H. 180
Additional information accompanying item: Edition of 12 definitive impressions. There were 5 trial proofs taken before the edition which was divided into three parts. This plate comprises 4 subjects. No. 1 - above, to the left, a seated nude, from front, a drapery on right leg. No. 2 - seated nude, turned as if looking at her leg, which she holds with her hand. No. 3 - standing nude, who is playing with her let down hair with the left hand, her right hand holding a falling drapery. No. 4 - two standing nudes. This impression is from the definitive edition.
This item was printed posthumously.
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):
Only state.
Identifier:
17_10_000224
Barcode:
36666000203386