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Moonrise in the New Forest

A work made of color aquatint on ivory laid paper.

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  • A work made of color aquatint on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1914

Artist:

Theodore Roussel
French, worked in England, 1847-1926

About this artwork

Roussel’s last color print is also his most abstract. Apart from the crescent moon, the composition’s details are almost completely blurred in favor of evoking atmospheric elements like light and air.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Theodore Roussel

Title

Moonrise in the New Forest

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1914

Medium

Color aquatint on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image, trimmed within platemark: 37.5 × 25.4 cm (14 13/16 × 10 in.); Sheet: 40.5 × 27.9 cm (16 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg

Reference Number

2011.593

Extended information about this artwork

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