Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Plant Motif)

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1899/1908

Theodore Roussel
French, worked in England, 1847-1926

Roussel created two variant emblems for the blank cartouche at top center—this cluster of silhouetted flowers resembling anemones, in black, and a salamander before a rising sun, rendered in colors that include metallic pigment.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Theodore Roussel
Title: Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Plant Motif)
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.: 1899–1908
Medium: Brush and black ink on semi-transparent tan wove paper
Dimensions: 9.2 × 20.1 cm (3 5/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg
Reference Number: 2011.624.1
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