Washed Up Ships

Prints and Drawings

1864

Rodolphe Bresdin
French, 1825-1885

In addition to being an accomplished draughtsman, Bresdin was a proficient printmaker. In its intense detail, and with its clear tonal contrasts, this linear drawing recalls his etchings. Unlike many of his works, however, it bears a date and signature. A friend of writers and poets, Bresdin worked frequently as an illustrator. Although it does not seem that this work was destined for a particular project, much of his imagery borders on the fantastic. The buildings on the shoreline seem to lean with the mast of the larger ship. Above a spire, meanwhile, a flock of birds peppers the sky.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Rodolphe Bresdin
Title: Washed Up Ships
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.: 1864
Medium: Pen and black ink on brown wove card
Inscriptions: Signed and dated lower left, in image, in pen and black ink: "rodolphe / Bresdin / 1864"
Dimensions: Primary support: 17.1 × 11.1 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 31.9 × 23.8 cm (12 9/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 2013.906
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Art Institute of Chicago, “The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection,” Mar. 15-June 15, 2014, no cat.

Dr. Pierre Lafargue; sold, Jean Dit Cazaux and Associés, Bordeaux, Nov. 19, 2005, lot 108, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

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