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Study for the woodcut 'Bassin des Tuileries'

c. 1898

Auguste Louis Lepère

(French, 1849–1918)
Culture
France, 19th/20th century
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and black crayon on tan heavy weight wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 27.9 x 14.6 cm (11 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.66
Catalogue raisonné
Study for Lotz-Brissonneau 265
Public Domain
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Not on view
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Did You Know?

In the related finished print, the young girl seen here appears next to the Tuileries’s pond, which is filled with toy boats (a practice that continues today).

Description

The printmaker Auguste Lepère is credited with reviving the woodcut at a time when it had fallen out of popularity in late 19th-century France. Lepère carefully sketched each aspect of his compositions—which often depicted Parisian life—before translating them to print. The young girl seen in this drawing figured in the foreground of an image depicting the Tuileries garden on a clear autumn day.
A vertical watercolor on tan paper depicts a woman with light skin from behind, facing right. She wears a dark teal dress with a ruffled collar and a large bow at her lower back. Thick, dark lines roughly outline her silhouette and pointed shoes. Atop her brown hair, a dark green hat features a stiff, upright ribbon. Broad, expressive brushstrokes and white gouache highlight her form against the warm, neutral paper background.

Study for the woodcut 'Bassin des Tuileries'

c. 1898

Auguste Louis Lepère

(French, 1849–1918)
France, 19th/20th century

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