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Louis Legrand

The Remains of a Family (Épaves de famille)

Description

Maker

Louis Legrand (French, 1863-1951)
Gustave Pellet (French, 1859 - 1919), publisher

Title

The Remains of a Family (Épaves de famille)

Year

1884

Medium

  • Etching and drypoint on beige-colored,
  • smooth wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Etching and drypoint on beige-colored,
  • smooth wove paper

Materials

drypoint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream Oriental wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 21.4 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed at LR, below plate mark: Louis Legrand. Signed at UR, in plate: Louis le Grand. At LR, below plate mark, in red: stamp of Gustave Pellet (L. 1193).

Marks: Gustave Pellet collector mark in red ink on recto (Lugt 1193)

Identification

State

ii/v

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alan S. Trueblood

Object Number

83.225.34

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Altered States
Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
Jun 30, 2017 – Dec 03, 2017

Label copy

Legrand used the improvisatory quality of etching to emphasize his subject matter. These satirical vignettes of three almost-identical women suggest the tedium and conformity the artist saw as characteristic of middle-class life. The trio appears near a portrait, presumably of their father, implying their familial ties, and one dangles a garish mask of the artist’s own face.

Here, as in most of his prints, Legrand used drypoint, a technique that involved drawing directly onto a copper plate with a needle. He favored this tool for the velvety black line it produced in early impressions. Legrand experimented avidly with the drypoint process, sometimes drawing on his plates with such unusual tools as a dentist’s drill.

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Louis Legrand (French, 1863-1951)
Gustave Pellet (French, 1859 - 1919), publisher
The Remains of a Family (Épaves de famille), 1884
Etching and drypoint on beige-colored, smooth wove paper
Image/plate: 21.4 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 inches)
Gift of Alan S. Trueblood 83.225.34

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