Image

Bernard Boutet de Monvel, designer

Le Lion, 1907

Description

Maker

Title

Le Lion

Year

1907

Medium

Color etching and aquatint on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 20 x 17.8 cm (7 7/8 x 7 inches)

Identification

Edition

6/100

Type

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1438

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Artist, Rebel, Dandy

April 26 - August 18, 2013

The liberated and graceful men populating the Parisian urban landscape were celebrated in illustrations such as this etching by Bernard Boutet de Monvel, a stylish artist himself. They show the modish gentleman as a well-groomed and artistic type Balzac, Barbey d'Aurevilly, and Baudelaire might easily have aspired to, and inspired. Boutet de Monvel's color etchings were featured in a traveling exhibition presented at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1912. The exhibition featured several portrayals of dandies, including Beau Brummell and this French flaneur, dubbed "le Lion."

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