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Sappho

1895
(French, 1870–1899)
France, 19th century
gypsograph
Sheet: 27.6 x 36.6 cm (10 7/8 x 14 7/16 in.); Image: 12 x 19.1 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Gift of Friends of the Department of Prints and Drawings 1991.153
Catalogue raisonné: Bonafous - Murat 68
Location: not on view
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Maurice Dumont was one of the most prolific practitioners of gypsography, a printmaking technique that resulted in an embossed impression.

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Dumont was an innovative printmaker who experimented with a variety of printmaking processes. Sappho-which depicts the ancient Greek poetess with a lyre in a grove of birch trees-appeared in Pan, an artistic journal, accompanied by an article about the gypsograph technique (see glossary). Dumont made several versions of Sappho, which is not surprising since he also wrote poetry.
Sappho

Sappho

1895

Maurice Dumont

(French, 1870–1899)
France, 19th century

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