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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.255
People
Eugène Carrière, French (1849 - 1906)
Title
Reading
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La Lecture
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370227

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph on Asian paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 29.4 × 24.4 cm (11 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 45.4 × 34.5 cm (17 7/8 × 13 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed in the stone: Eugene Carriere
  • inscription: signed below the image, in graphite: Bon à tirer, Eugène Carrière
  • collector's mark: verso, center, brown ink stamp: Max Blach/Wien [in rectangle] [Lugt 261e, unknown]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, black ink stamp: [magnifying glass; not in Lugt]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: IIIc / 1377
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Carrière - La Lecture, epr. / de Bon a tirer JCO

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Max Blach, Vienna (Lugt 261e). Unidentified collector (not in Lugt). Kurt Sponagle, Zurich. [R. M. Light & Co., Inc., Boston, New York, and Scottsdale,, AZ], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon (Mrs. Hugh Matthews), Cambridge, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Delteil 29

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.255
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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