seated woman seen from PL; woman is seated on a yellow folding chair, sewing; dark hair in a bun; woman wears blue jacket and long skirt and rests one foot on a pot filled with climbing flowers at left

In a Garden, 1893

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Eugène Delâtre (1854–1938) played a fundamental role in the establishment of color etching at the end of the nineteenth century in France. He was trained by his father Auguste Delâtre, the premier printer of the Etching Renaissance. While Eugène began working in the black and white tradition, he created his first color plate in 1891 and In a Garden (1893) was the first color print he exhibited at the Salon. Similar to the color aquatints of American Mary Cassatt, In a Garden incorporates numerous artistic devices learned from Japanese prints, such as the emphasis on outline and silhouette and the choice of a pale color scheme. "In a Garden" was printed "au repérage," or with one plate for each color.

Details
Title
In a Garden
Artist Life
Paris 1864–Paris 1938
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2009.24
Provenance
André Candillier, Paris; Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago, IL
Catalogue Raisonne
Cate and Grivel 57
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seated woman seen from PL; woman is seated on a yellow folding chair, sewing; dark hair in a bun; woman wears blue jacket and long skirt and rests one foot on a pot filled with climbing flowers at left