Evening Thou Bringest All

Series Title: Specimens of Polyautography Consisting of Impressions taken from Original Drawings made purposely for this Work

1803

Philipp H. André

(German, active London 1800–1805)

Culture

England, 18th-19th century

Medium

Pen lithograph

Measurements

Sheet: 23.6 x 32.2 cm (9 5/16 x 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1940.1113

Catalogue raisonné

Schiff 1434; Weinglass 171

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Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

The title of this print is drawn from a poem by the classical poet Sappho.

Description

Here, the free expression of the artist’s drawn lines echoes the frenzied movement of his hand and the excited energy of the woman’s twisting body. While the immediacy of the mark marking suggests direct contact between the paper and the artist’s pen, the reversal of the Greek text at lower left exposes this work as a printed image, breaking the illusion. Created using lithography, a newly invented medium, the artist drew his composition on a specially prepared limestone. The stone was then inked and printed, reversing the image in the process.