The Swallows

Prints and Drawings

c. 1881

Félix Henri Bracquemond
French, 1833–1914

Félix Bracquemond is best known for his role in the Etching Revival, for founding the Société des Aquafortistes in 1862, and for his discovery and promulgation of prints by the Japanese artists Hokusai and Hiroshige. This sheet of studies relates to an 1882 etching of the same title.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Félix Henri Bracquemond
Title: The Swallows
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1881
Medium: Pen and brush and black ink, with black chalk and graphite and touches of black Conté crayon, on tan wove paper
Inscriptions: Inscribed, lower right corner, in ink, "B."
Dimensions: 27.7 × 37.7 cm (10 15/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Marjorie Hubachek Watkins Fund in honor of her parents
Reference Number: 1998.76
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Art Institute of Chicago, “Master Drawings Unveiled: 25 Years of Major Acquisitions,” August 27, 2016–January 29, 2017, no cat.

Estate of the artist [according to a letter from Paul and Lucile Audouy of Elstir Galerie dated 20 March 1998 in curatorial file]. Sold by Elstir Galerie, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1998.

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