Les Lapins (Rabbits), c. 1891 (published 1893)
Henri-Charles Guérardexpand_more
Woodcut on buff paperexpand_more
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916expand_more P.2,248
Not on Viewexpand_more
Henri Guérard got a solid education in Japanese art when Louis Gonse chose him to illustrate some 200 objects for his L'Art japonais (1883). In 1890 when Guérard interrupted his career as a painter-etcher to explore woodcut, Hokusai's spare animal images were clearly on his mind. The power of this stolid pair comes from the stark light-dark silhouettes, overlapped shapes, minimal modeling, and brilliant use of the buff paper as a "color."
Details
- Title
- Les Lapins (Rabbits)
- Artist Life
- Paris 1846–Paris 1897
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.2,248
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Stein & Karshan 32
- Curator Approved
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