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Les taupes
1854
Félix Joseph Auguste Bracquemond (Artist) French, 1833-1914 Pierron (Printer) French
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 10 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches (27.3 × 20 cm) Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (41.9 × 32.1 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
21.51
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Signed, in plate, upper right edge of image: Bracquemond | inv & fec
Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image, above verse: 1854 Inscribed, verse in plate as part of the image, lower left: Aux ramilles du peuplier | Danse la taupe suspendue; | Et vers la ferme le Taupier | Va reclamer la somme due.; Inscribed, lower right: Imp. Pierron rue de Montfaucon No. 1. In pencil, lower left corner of sheet: 716 Inscribed, lower right corner: B134 3rd Inscribed, in lower right corner: [erasures] Inscribed, in pencil, verso: X/1784/Z Inscribed, in pencil, verso: C8739/C3688 (crossed-out) | r- Inscribed, in pencil, verso: Les Taupes
Watermark: COMP
Provenance
1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Félix Joseph Auguste Bracquemond, Les taupes, 1854, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.51.
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