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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M19864
People
Maximilien Luce, French (Paris, France 1858 - 1941 Rolleboise, France)
Title
The Arsonist
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'incendiare
Series/Book Title: Les Temps Nouveaux
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1895-1896
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/271730

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black on gray-blue wove paper, mounted by the artist
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 38.8 x 30.2 cm (15 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Luce
  • inscription: yes, mounting sheet, below print, to right, brown ink, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: signature, date: Luce 96
  • inscription: mounting sheet, below print, to left, brown ink, hand written, French, in artist's hand: poem: La vendange est scellir et la moisson. / Le village dans les brumes perdu / Couvre son bien qu'il croit être son dû. / Quand surgissant du soir visionnaire, / Soudain se dresse du loin l'incendiaire, / Traçant vers les hameaux muets et blancs, / Avec sa torche en or, un fecond [?] signe de sang. / (Les saissons) E. Verhaeren
  • inscription: mounting sheet, lower right corner, brown ink, hand written, in artist's hand: edition numbering: 1e epreuve / tiré a 20.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
B.-L. & B. 14 (political prints)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Deknatel Purchase Fund
Copyright
© Maximilien Luce / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Object Number
M19864
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Carrie Haslett and Michael Marlais, Neo-Impressionism: Artists on the Edge, exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art (Portland, ME, 2002), pp. 28-29, 83; fig. 15

Exhibition History

  • Neo-Impressionism: Artists on the Edge, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, 06/27/2002 - 10/20/2002

Verification Level

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