The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Au Luxembourg (At the Luxembourg Gardens)

1897

Jean-Émile Laboureur

(French, 1877–1943)

France, late 19th Century

Woodcut

Support: Wove paper

Sheet: 29.9 x 22 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.); Image: 20.2 x 113.1 cm (7 15/16 x 44 1/2 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1998.34

Catalogue raisonné: Laboureur Vol.I.572

Location

not on view

Description

Threatened by the use of photomechanical methods to reproduce images in journals, printmakers formed various professional groups to demonstrate the artistic superiority of woodcut and wood engraving for the purpose of illustration. The Society of Wood Engravers (Société Corporative des Graveurs sur Bois) published a monthly art and literary review called L'Image (1896-97), in which Au Luxembourg appeared.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Verso in graphite: "Au Luxembourg, 1898 J.L. 572"; printed in margins, top: "L'IMAGE/LABOUREUR"; bottom, "AU LUXEMBOURG/Bois original au canif." Monogram "el" signed in plate.

Exhibition history

Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1998.34