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Evening

c. 1879

Albert-Charles Lebourg

(French, 1849–1928)
Culture
France
Medium
conté crayon and charcoal with stumping and white gouache on laid paper discolored to brown
Measurements
Image: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2021.101
Public Domain
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Location
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Did You Know?

This drawing influenced a young Georges Seurat, who likely saw it on view at the 1879 Impressionist Exhibition and created his own interpretation of the subject in dark conté crayon soon after.

Description

In this drawing, Albert Lebourg depicted his mother, sister, and wife sewing by the dim light of an oil lamp. The three women sit around a table, close to one another but each absorbed in their work. Known for his experimentation with charcoal, Lebourg worked from dark to light, covering his sheet with the dark, powdery material and leaving only highlights visible.
A horizontally oriented, grainy charcoal drawing with touches of white, chalky gouache marks on brown paper, creates only the hazy highlights of three women with light skin tones sewing around a lamp. Two sit in similar positions behind the lamp, grainy faces with hands pulling unseen thread. Dim light mostly illuminates the face of a woman sewing in our left foreground, facing the other two.

Evening

c. 1879

Albert-Charles Lebourg

(French, 1849–1928)
France

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