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Lionel Aristide Lecouteux

La Fileuse

Description

Maker

Lionel Aristide Lecouteux (French, 1847-1909), etcher
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875), designer
M. Knoedler &amp

Title

La Fileuse

Year

1883

Medium

  • etching on vellum

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching on vellum

Materials

etching

Supports

  • Vellum

Dimensions

52.1 x 41.6 cm (20 1/2 x 16 3/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered, UC: "Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1883 by M,, Knoedler & C° in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."; LL: "Lionel LeCouteaux aqf."; and LR: "J F. Millet"

Signed in graphite: "Lionel Le Couteaux"

Blindstamped with the mark of The Printsellers' Association with the letters QI (Lugt 2050)

Verso: stamped in blue ink: "Pl. 66"

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle Stamped in black ink on verso:Pl. 66 Blindstamp in LL:01 encircled (indecipherable)

Identification

State

i

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith

Object Number

45.113.81

Type

  • Prints

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Lionel Aristide Lecouteux (French, 1847-1909), etcher
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875), designer
M. Knoedler & Co. (American, 1890 - 1971), publisher
La Fileuse, 1883
etching on vellum
52.1 x 41.6 cm (20 1/2 x 16 3/8 inches) (plate)
Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith 45.113.81

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