Artist
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte(French, 1844–1925)French, 1844–1925
CultureFrench
Titles
- Fileuse à Dinan
- Spinner in Dinan
Date1886
MediumCharcoal, with stumping, scraping and erasing, on laid paper, mounted on paper board
DimensionsSheet: 24 7/8 × 19 in. (63.2 × 48.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Delta Delta Delta Sorority, Houston Alumnae Chapter, in recognition of their Centennial Anniversary
Object number2023.486
Non exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition HistoryNone known.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in charcoal, bottom left corner: L. Lhermitte
Verso: [inaccessible]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in charcoal, bottom left corner: L. Lhermitte
Two unidentified watermarks composed of multiple letters can be seen under raking light: double-framed capital letters at upper right, and single-line cursive letters at lower left.
Catalogue raisonnéMonique Le Pelley Fonteny, Leon Augustin Lhermitte (1844–1925), cat. rais. Paris: Cercl d’Art, 1991, Cat. 727, reprod.
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