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Self-Portrait at Easel

1897
(French, 1854–1929)
France
conté crayon with charcoal on laid paper
Support: Laid paper
Watermarks: ED & Cie. / PL BAS
Sheet: 62 x 47.7 cm (24 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2021.6
Location: not on view
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Hippolyte Petitjean met the artist Georges Seurat in 1884, and the two worked closely on a distinctive style of drawing using waxy black conté crayon.

Description

In this self-portrait, Hippolyte Petitjean depicted himself standing before an easel while gazing directly at the viewer. The drawing is one of five representations of himself that the artist created late in his career based on his admiration for Rembrandt van Rijn. Petitjean was deeply influenced by the anarchist writer Charles-Albert, who argued for the utopian potential of artmaking, suggesting that the work was meant as a broader statement about the place of the artist within contemporary society.
Self-Portrait at Easel

Self-Portrait at Easel

1897

Hippolyte Petitjean

(French, 1854–1929)
France

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