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The Bath

c. 1900

Félix Bracquemond

(French, 1833–1914)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
brush and black and brown wash with pen and black ink, black chalk, and charcoal, heightened with white chalk, on brown wove paper laid on yellow-beige wove paper
Support
Brown wove paper laid down on yellow-beige(2) wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 59 x 44 cm (23 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.240
Public Domain
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Bracquemond drew extensively and promoted the medium as the source of all artistic practice.

Description

This drawing relates to Félix Bracquemond’s interest in integrating various artistic techniques, a practice that became increasingly common around 1900. With a range of black and white media, the artist depicted a nude in a forest pool. Faint gridding was used to transfer the image either to or from a similar enamel and a print. An important part of this working process, the drawing was included in both of the major exhibitions of Bracquemond’s oeuvre during his life. From one of these displays, in 1907, Bracquemond sold it to Parisian collector Alfred Beurdeley, who acquired hundreds of drawings with the aim of representing the art of his time.
A vertically oriented brush and wash drawing depicts a nude woman with light skin tone standing in shallow water. She faces right, arms raised to hold her long hair behind her head. She stands out against a dark background of dense trees and foliage. White chalk highlights her skin, the water's surface, and patches of leaves, creating a sharp contrast against heavy black and brown shadows.

The Bath

c. 1900

Félix Bracquemond

(French, 1833–1914)
France, 19th century

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