Oiseaux de proie (Birds of Prey), 1893
Victor Emile Prouvéexpand_more
Etching and aquatint in olive green inkexpand_more
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Foster, 1965expand_more P.13,402
Not on Viewexpand_more
In the 1890s, fortified by symbolist literature, artists searched for imagery to express the workings of the mind —or what painter and designer Victor Prouvé called “inner commotion.” Fin-de-siècle research into the unconscious and suggestibility, in fact, was being pioneered in Prouvé’s hometown of Nancy. Using a sickly green shade of aquatint, he evoked anxiety by picturing a menacing dream state in which raptors engage in beak-to-beak combat and buzzards await their next meal. In the foreground, two human figures can be detected floating in the miasma.
Details
- Title
- Oiseaux de proie (Birds of Prey)
- Artist Life
- Nancy 1858–Sétif, Algeria 1943
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.13,402
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Stein & Karshan 55
- Curator Approved
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