The Wave
Artist
Maxime Maufra(French, 1861–1918)French, 1861–1918
CultureFrench
Titles
- The Wave
Date1894
MediumEtching, aquatint, and drypoint with burnishing and plate tone on tan wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 13 9/16 × 21 5/16 in. (34.5 × 54.2 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 23 3/8 in. (41.3 × 59.4 cm)
Mat: 21 5/8 × 27 15/16 in. (54.9 × 70.9 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 23 3/8 in. (41.3 × 59.4 cm)
Mat: 21 5/8 × 27 15/16 in. (54.9 × 70.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Brent Chesson
Object number2026.346
Not on view
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[1] Originally from Saint-Renan, Brest gynecologist Ronan Taburet amassed a significant collection of graphic art centered on the Pont-Aven school, the Nabis, and the Symbolists. Taburet’s collection was sold by the Parisian auction house Ader on September 20 and 21 of 2023.
Exhibition HistoryCent ans d’estampes en Bretagne, Musée du Faouët, May 31-Oct. 5, 1998, Cat. 63.
Before and After Gauguin: The Art of Printmaking in Brittany, 1740-1940, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Feb. 3-May 11, 2008.
Published References Delouche, Denise, Jean-Marc Michaud, and Ronan and Alain Taburet. Cent ans d’estampes en Bretagne. Morbihan: Musée du Faouët, 1998 [illus., cat. no. 163]. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in printed ink, in plate, bottom right corner: Maufra / 1894
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, rigth bottom edge: Maufra
Verso: [none]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, rigth bottom edge: Maufra
Verso: [none]
none known
Catalogue raisonnéMorane 10, described as “6e, 7e, 8e état”
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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