Bastille Day on Rue Galande, 1891
Auguste Louis Lepèreexpand_more
Etching and aquatint on Japanese-style paperexpand_more
Bequest of Harry Drakeexpand_more 2013.35.597
Not on Viewexpand_more
Bastille Day is July 14 in France, and is similar to Independence Day, on July 4, in the United States. Both are days when festivities can outpace recollections of historical events. Here, neighborhood boys strip down and attempt to climb a greased pole in hopes of grabbing a sausage or a sweet suspended from a wagon wheel. The Rue Galande of the print’s title is one of the oldest streets on the Left Bank (south side) of the River Seine. Home to some of the city’s poorer residents, this area was an object of fascination for middle- and upper-class Parisians in the late 1800s. Those too timid to visit these neighborhoods in person could experience them through prints like this one.
Details
- Title
- Bastille Day on Rue Galande
- Artist Life
- Paris 1849–Domme, Dordogne 1918
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.35.597
- Provenance
- Estate of Auguste Lèpere (Lugt 141). Roger Marx, Lugt 2229 (1859-1913), Paris. [Eric G. Carlson Fine Prints and Drawings, New York, until 2008; sold in August for PLTO, to Drake]; Harry Drake, St. Paul (2008-d. 2012; bequeathed to MIA)
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Lotz-Brissonneau 22
- Curator Approved
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