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Laburnums and Battersea

A work made of etching and drypoint in brown, with selective wiping of plate tone, on cream japanese paper.
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  • A work made of etching and drypoint in brown, with selective wiping of plate tone, on cream japanese paper.

Date:

1889/90 and 1898

Artist:

Theodore Roussel
French, worked in England, 1847-1926

About this artwork

For his early prints, Roussel adapted James McNeill Whistler’s methods to express his own interest in documenting the local scene, and Laburnums and Battersea is a striking example of the older artist’s influence. Roussel developed his plate through multiple states, used a variety of ink colors, and employed selective wiping to suggest differing effects of light, water, and mist. He also chose an upright format and a larger scale than his other prints depicting Chelsea and the Battersea factories on the opposite bank of the Thames River.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Theodore Roussel

Title

Laburnums and Battersea

Place

England (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.

1889–1890

Medium

Etching and drypoint in brown, with selective wiping of plate tone, on cream Japanese paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 34.2 × 22.1 cm (13 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 42.1 × 27.2 cm (16 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg

Reference Number

2011.469

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