Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Vieux Chat Noir et Blanc dans l'Herbe (Old Black and White Cat in the Grass)

Vieux Chat Noir et Blanc dans l'Herbe (Old Black and White Cat in the Grass)

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Vieux Chat Noir et Blanc dans l'Herbe (Old Black and White Cat in the Grass)
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Vieux Chat Noir et Blanc dans l'Herbe (Old Black and White Cat in the Grass)
  • Le Vieux Chat (The Old Cat)
Date1902
MediumSoft ground etching, aquatint, and drypoint in colors on cream wove paper, state II/II, edition 17/25
DimensionsPlate: 7 5/16 × 11 1/2 in. (18.6 × 29.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (24.8 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Marjorie G. Horning
Object number2013.595
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[André Candillier, Paris, France], as of 2003; Marjorie G. Horning Collection, 2003-2013; to MFAH, December, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: 17/25
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, bottom right: Steinlen
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, bottom right: Steinlen
Verso: Stamp in ink, in plate, right bottom edge: EL [within diamond]
Verso: Stamp in purple ink, bottom edge: [shaped like a necklace with pendant]

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