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Sleep (Jean-René Carrière), from L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard

1897
printer

Auguste Clot

(French, 1858–1936)

Eugène Carrière

(French, 1849–1906)
publisher

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Chine appliqué
Measurements
Sheet: 41 x 52.5 cm (16 1/8 x 20 11/16 in.); Image: 34 x 42.7 cm (13 3/8 x 16 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1954.334
Catalogue raisonné
Delteil 36
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Eugène Carrière developed an unusual approach to lithography, typically working from dark to light, as seen in this portrait of his young son Jean-René. Rather than drawing with a lithographic crayon, Carrière covered his entire stone with ink, which he then wiped and scraped away to create areas where the paper would show through when printed. Here, the visual effects of this technique combine with expressive, almost abstract forms to give the subject a fantastic, dreamlike atmosphere.
A horizontally oriented black-inked print features curving, streaking, white lines that fade into and out of the black background. The lines create a wispy image of a boy resting his cheek on his hands, draped over one another, that melds with the dark background. Hair cascades over the boy's face and pools over the edge of his hand.

Sleep (Jean-René Carrière), from L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard

1897

Auguste Clot, Eugène Carrière, Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1858–1936), (French, 1849–1906), (French, 1867–1939)
France, 19th century

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