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Félix Bracquemond

Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt, 1881-1882

Description

Maker

  • Félix Bracquemond, 1833-1914, French

Title

Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt

Year

1881-1882

Medium

Etching on beige-colored, smooth, moderately thick paper, most likely a type of Japanese vellum

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream Oriental wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 51.1 x 34 cm (20 1/8 x 13 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and inscribed, in ink, at LR below image: "à mon ami Jules Robert / Bracquemond."

Identification

State

viii/ix

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr.

Object Number

50.318

Projects & Publications

Publications

Altered States

Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Altered States

June 30 - December 3, 2017

This portrait shows one of the most famous collectors of contemporary prints in his private study. Goncourt and his brother Jules authored a multi-volume journal detailing their daily lives and friendships with artists. He built his collection through direct connections, seeking out works by living artists at a time when most others bought historical prints. His etchings—which he once described as “the happiness of my life”—were housed in portfolios like the one on the stand at lower right, allowing Goncourt to flip through them at his leisure.

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt with the accession number of 50.318. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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