Accession Number
1960/1.106

Title
Le Jardin

Artist(s)
Louis Marcoussis

Artist Nationality
French (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1930

Medium & Support
etching on paper

Dimensions
10 ¼ in x 7 4/5 in (26.04 cm x 19.84 cm);10 ¼ in x 7 4/5 in (26.04 cm x 19.84 cm);6 ⅞ in x 5 3/10 in (17.46 cm x 13.49 cm);19 ¼ in x 14 ¼ in (48.89 cm x 36.2 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Ferdinand Roten

Label copy
Louis Marcoussis was a close friend of Juan Gris, with whom he shared a penchant for disciplined, severe compositions and a somewhat melancholy temperament. Marcoussis' Cubist prints have about them a mysterious, brooding quality, a poetic mood. The artist frequented literary circles and a good number of his prints were, as here, produced as book illustrations. This etching is one of ten made by Marcoussis for a 1930 edition of Gérard de Nerval's nover "Aurélia". First published in 1855, this strange and dreamlike book was an important source of inspiration for Surrealist writers.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
abstraction
modern and contemporary art