Art Institute of Chicago
L'Agonie des Fleurs (Black and White Version)
Theodore RousselLinkedCulture matchlcp-e6400fb2e39f
- Date
- 1890–95
- Medium
- Etching, softground, and aquatint in black on cream wove imitation Japanese paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 210950
This still life is Roussel’s best-known print and represents the culmination of his experiments in combining soft ground and aquatint with line etching. The powerful effect of rich blacks, subtle grays, and sensitively placed brighter, unetched areas elevates the unpretentious subject matter—an arrangement of dying flowers in a vase of decorative stoneware, which was readily available for purchase in late 19th-century London.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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