Art Institute of Chicago

The Sea at Bognor

Theodore Roussel

Date

1895

Medium

Monotype in two tones of greenish-blue ink on ivory laid paper

Culture

France

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Roussel was a pioneer in color etching in Britain, and a series of trial proofs illustrates his creative process. For many of the proofs, colored ink was painted onto the plate and then apparently printed without using a press. The completed version of this soft ground etching was among a set of nine color prints first exhibited in 1899. Roussel also made a painting of the same view of sky, sea, and shore at Bognor Regis, located on the southern coast of England.

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