Ève

Ève

Item Information

Title:
Ève
Description:
She is standing at the foot of the tree located behind her and a little to the left - in the middle of the composition. She is facing forward. Her face and upper body turn toward the left and follow the movement of her arms, which are slightly lower than the branch of foliage. In the foreground, on the right, there is a young tree. In the background is a grass slope and shading.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
Fantin
Date:
1896
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Cancellation proofs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Nudes
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 126
Additional information accompanying item: Margins not rectified. Signature below, to the left - "Fantin." Second state - the entire plate reworked. The design has been extended by about a half centimetre at the bottom. The foliage of the tree is more compact. 6 trial proofs before the edition of 50 proofs. Stone destroyed. Executed in 1896. Imp. Lemercier. This impression is cancelled as proof of the edition, before the destruction of the stone.
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):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_10_000279
Barcode:
36666003797178