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The Swallows

A work made of pen and brush and black ink, with black chalk and graphite and touches of black conté crayon, on tan wove paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brush and black ink, with black chalk and graphite and touches of black conté crayon, on tan wove paper.

Date:

c. 1881

Artist:

Félix Henri Bracquemond
French, 1833–1914

About this artwork

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.

Status

Currently Off View

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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