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Félix Bracquemond

Les Puiseuses d'Eau (Women Drawing Water)

Maker

Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914)
After Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875), designer
Georges Petit, publisher

Title

Les Puiseuses d'Eau (Women Drawing Water)

Year

1886

Medium

  • etching on parchment

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching on parchment

Materials

etching

Supports

  • Imitation vellum paper

Dimensions

49.2 x 31.1 cm (19 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches) (plate) including inscription and remarque

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LR: "J. F. Millet". Inscribed in graphite, LR: "Bracquemond".

Blindstamped LL with the mark of The Printsellers' Association (Lugt 2050) with the letters "WZ"

Verso: stamped in blue ink with the number "24996"

Identification

State

x/xi (with the remarque of swimming ducks)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

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

Object Number

45.113.82

Type

  • Prints

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Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914)
After Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875), designer
Georges Petit, publisher
Les Puiseuses d'Eau (Women Drawing Water), 1886
etching on parchment
49.2 x 31.1 cm (19 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches) (plate) including inscription and remarque
Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith 45.113.82

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