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Portrait of Jean Ajalbert

c. 1893

Eugène Carrière

(French, 1849–1906)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
charcoal with white chalk
Support
Blue laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 27.4 x 23.7 cm (10 13/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2009.116
Catalogue raisonné
Lugt 434 & Lugt 434a
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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One of Eugène Carrière's portraits of Jean Ajalbert was translated to lithography and included as a frontispiece to his novel Sao Van Di (1905).

Description

This drawing is one of several portraits that Eugène Carrière created of the naturalist writer and art critic Jean Ajalbert. Both were part of the same Symbolist artistic and literary circles in Paris during the late 19th century. Portraiture was a favorite genre for Carrière, who often portrayed his friends and colleagues. Here, Ajalbert looks forward directly, seemingly in contrast with his otherwise hazy visage and surroundings.

Portrait of Jean Ajalbert

c. 1893

Eugène Carrière

(French, 1849–1906)
France, 19th century

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