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Lionel Aristide Lecouteux, etcher

La Fileuse, 1883

Description

Maker

  • M. Knoedler & Co., 1890 - 1971, American, publisher
  • Lionel Aristide Lecouteux, 1847-1909, French, etcher
  • Jean-François Millet, 1814-1875, French, designer

Title

La Fileuse

Year

1883

Medium

etching on vellum

Materials/Techniques

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"

Identification

State

i

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

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

Object Number

45.113.81

Use

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