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Young Woman Reading

1896

Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier

(French, 1856–1909)
publisher

from the edition issued for The Studio

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
embossed color lithograph
Measurements
Image: 16 x 22.8 cm (6 5/16 x 9 in.); Sheet: 20 x 28.5 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1991.228
Catalogue raisonné
Bailly-Herzberg 66
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier was a proponent of Art Nouveau interior design and decoration.

Description

Primarily a sculptor of medals, Charpentier used embossing techniques to lend three-dimensionality to this print featuring his typical subject matter featuring everyday life. Charpentier was also aware of Japanese woodcuts circulating in Paris during the late 19th century, which provided a precedent for using embossing to create pattern and a three-dimensional effect on a flat sheet of paper. The areas in relief add texture to the waves of the woman's hair and to her dress. Embossing was also used to create the vase of flowers just above the figure's open book.
A horizontally oriented embossed color lithograph depicts a woman with a light skin tone in profile facing right. Leaning over an open book, she rests her head against her left hand. She wears a peach-colored polka-dot dress with a light blue outline and a tan belt, her wavy hair swept into an updo. Raised, uncolored flowers in a vase decorate the background, and a circular monogram sits in the lower left.

Young Woman Reading

1896

Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier, from the edition issued for The Studio

(French, 1856–1909)
France, 19th century

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