Image

Théodore Roussel

The Port of Fowey, 1911

Description

Maker

Title

The Port of Fowey

Year

1911

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on cream-colored, smooth wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image/plate: 13.8 x 16.8 cm (5 7/16 x 6 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:signed in pencil on tab, LL:Theodore Roussel In Plate--Signed, LL:Theodore Roussel

Identification

State

i/i

Type

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1987.013.1

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Altered States

June 30 - December 3, 2017

This group of etchings, printed from the same plate (seen in the case in this gallery) depicts a small British coastal town. Breaking from the convention of printing in black and white, Roussel began to experiment avidly with color printing in the 1890s. He acquired his own press and worked independently to test various means of printing color. Roussel also mixed his own inks, including the unusual metallic tones seen in some of the prints here. This group of impressions may have been made to test these inks on different types of paper.

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Use

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