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An Exercise in Etching (Essai d'eau forte)

An Exercise in Etching (Essai d'eau forte)

Artist/Maker (French, 1808–1879)
Artist/Maker (French, 1819–1916)
Artist/Maker (Belgian, 1833–1898)
Artist/Maker (French, 1820–1880)
Date1872
MediumEtching
DimensionsImage: 3 7/8 × 8 13/16 in. (9.8 × 22.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 1/8 in. (18.7 × 28.2 cm)
Credit LinePrints and Drawings Acquisition Fund
Object number2013.40
Status
Not on view
More Information
This print is the result of a copper sketch-plate on which four artists etched small compositions. According to an inscription on the verso, the renderings occurred during a soirée at the home of Charles de Bériot (1833-1914), a musician and son of the famous Belgian violinist and composer Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802-1870). In addition to it being a fascinating record of artistic collaboration, this print contains the only known etching by Daumier.
Exhibition History
The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th Century France
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 6, 2013 - December 22, 2013 )
Recent Acquisitions Fall 2014: Process in Prints and Photographs
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 19, 2014 - December 23, 2014 )
Collections
  • European
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