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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25396
People
Roger Vieillard, French (Le Mans, France 1907 - 1989 Paris, France)
Title
Discourse on the Method
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Méthod; Discours de la Méthode
Series/Book Title: Discours de la Méthode
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1948
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/144408

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving and graphite on white wove paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 17.9 x 13 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: R Vieillard
  • inscription: below plate, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: R Vieilllard AI Methode E 2
  • inscription: within printed area, throughout, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: [Markings by the artist on an early state of the print. Some of these changes appear in the reproduction in Hacker's book (p. 80), particularly two shapes on the left wall, the inside of a painting on the right wall, and small squares in the grids of the furniture.]

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. 16

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
M25396
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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