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Study for “In the Woods, Evening”

1892–94

Alexandre Séon

(French, 1855–1917)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
colored pencils on beige laid paper
Support
Modern laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 35.3 x 23 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2019.77
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This drawing relates to a painting that was exhibited to critical acclaim at the 1894 Société nationale des Beaux-Arts—an important avant-garde exhibition—but is lost today.

Description

In this drawing of nymphs holding lyres, Alexandre Séon hoped to depict, in his words, “the spirit of the forest.” He was inspired by fairy-tales he heard as a child about the woods near the remote village where he grew up. By applying colored pencils to a roughly textured sheet of paper, Séon evoked the hazy tones of twilight and gave the sheet a dreamlike tenor.
A vertically oriented colored pencil drawing on beige paper depicts four winged figures with light skin tones in flowing gowns floating within a forest of slender birch trees. The figures on our left and right in the foreground face each other, while two more hover in the middle ground, all carrying yellow lyres. Muted blue and gray lines create a dense texture throughout, while a pale yellow glow illuminates the sky.

Study for “In the Woods, Evening”

1892–94

Alexandre Séon

(French, 1855–1917)
France, 19th century

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