Pastorale

Pastorale

Item Information

Title:
Pastorale
Description:
In the foreground on the right, is a man and a woman seated in loving conversation. They are at the foot of a large tree that covers them with shadow. On the left there is a group of three female figures. One sits on the ground and plays the double flute. The two others dance and the one on the left, seen from behind, raises a tambourine.
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:
Country life
Dance
Musicians
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 127
Additional information accompanying item: Border in pencil. Signature below, to the right - "Fantin." Second state - plain margins, scraper strokes have been given here and there in the design. A sort of scribbling with crayon above the tambourine has been erased. 6 trial proofs before the edition of 25 proofs. Stone destroyed. Executed in 1896. Imp. Lemercier. This impression 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_000280
Barcode:
36666003797160