Baigneuses (4e grande planche)

Baigneuses (4e grande planche)

Item Information

Title:
Baigneuses (4e grande planche)
Description:
A composition of four figures. Only one figure is naked. From the front, she is lying on the ground on a drapery and her elbow rests on her companion's knee, sitting to the right. Behind her, in the background shadow, is the third figure who turns toward the right. The last figure is in the background too, almost in the middle, and is sits at the edge of the water. There are massive tall trees on the right that sweep toward the left.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
Fantin
Date:
1898
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Bathing
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. 138
Additional information accompanying item: Margins not rectified. Signature below, to the right, "H. Fantin." Second state - lower margin - "Fevr 98, H. Fantin." On the thighs of the nude bather, and on her breast, are portions which are almost white, purposely to heighten the effect. Executed in 1898. Imp. Blanchard. This plate, joined to nos. 139, 140, 141, 142, and 146, combines with these others to form a series of 6 plates.
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):
Second state.
Identifier:
17_10_000283
Barcode:
36666003797137