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James Tissot

Louise,

Maker

  • James Tissot

Title

Louise

Medium

drypoint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • drypoint

Techniques

  • drypoint

Supports

  • Light weight tissue paper mounted on heavy weight cream wove paper (chine collé)

Dimensions

Plate: 19.8 x 14 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil, LR:French - Tissot; Verso:in pencil, LR:allIn Plate--Signed and dated, center of left edge:JAMES/TISSOT/1861/(star of David); titled, center of right edge:LOVISE; 4-line French poem by Andre Le Moyne, LC:Ma bouche est un ecrin meublé...(see print for full text)

Marks: G. Alfred Barrion collector mark in purple ink on recto (Lugt 76)
Unidentified collector mark in red ink on verso (Lugt 1487)
RISD Museum stamp in black ink on verso

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

66.051

Louise

Original--Recto:in pencil, LR:French - Tissot; Verso:in pencil, LR:allIn Plate--Signed and dated, center of left edge:JAMES/TISSOT/1861/(star of David); titled, center of right edge:LOVISE; 4-line French poem by Andre Le Moyne, LC:Ma bouche est un ecrin meublé...(see print for full text)

Marks: G. Alfred Barrion collector mark in purple ink on recto (Lugt 76)
Unidentified collector mark in red ink on verso (Lugt 1487)
RISD Museum stamp in black ink on verso

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