M25393.1: And the Shadow Still Pivoted around the Trees and the Sun Lost its Broad Leaves and the Expanse was Swallowed Up by Time

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M25393.1

People

Roger Vieillard, French (Le Mans, France 1907 - 1989 Paris, France)

Title

And the Shadow Still Pivoted around the Trees and the Sun Lost its Broad Leaves and the Expanse was Swallowed Up by Time

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Petrified Days
Original Language Title: Jour Nuit Soleil et Arbres: Et l'ombre encore tournait autour des arbres et le soleil perdait ses larges feuilles et l'étendue le temps engloutissait; from Jours Pétrifiés, p.13, poems by Jean Tardieu

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1947

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/142207

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 19 x 12.3 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, at bottom below image, black ink, engraved in plate, in artist's hand: Et l'ombre encore tournait autour des arbes / et le soleil perdait ses larges feuilles / et l'étendue le temps engloutissait

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Pearl K. and Daniel Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, October 15, 2002.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

J. 14

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Pearl K. and Daniel Bell

Copyright

© Roger Vieillard / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

2002

Object Number

M25393.1

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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