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Au Luxembourg (At the Luxembourg Gardens)

1897

Jean-Émile Laboureur

(French, 1877–1943)
Culture
France, late 19th Century
Medium
woodcut
Support
Wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 29.9 x 22 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.); Image: 20.2 x 113.1 cm (7 15/16 x 44 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1998.34
Catalogue raisonné
Laboureur Vol.I.572
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Threatened by the use of photomechanical methods to reproduce images in journals, printmakers formed various professional groups to demonstrate the artistic superiority of woodcut and wood engraving for the purpose of illustration. The Society of Wood Engravers (Société Corporative des Graveurs sur Bois) published a monthly art and literary review called L'Image (1896-97), in which Au Luxembourg appeared.
A vertically oriented print in heavy black ink and white lines depicts a crowd in a park. Centrally, a person in a checked cloak stands with their back turned. To the left, a figure with a light skin tone wears a ruffled collar. In the foreground, people in wide-brimmed hats stand near a child with a hoop. Dense, stylized foliage fills the background. Text appears in the white margins.

Au Luxembourg (At the Luxembourg Gardens)

1897

Jean-Émile Laboureur

(French, 1877–1943)
France, late 19th Century

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