1868
Eau-forte sur papier
27,8 x 19,1 cm - 10 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.
Monogrammé FB en bas au centre
Montpellier, Musée Fabre, France - Inv. 52.3.1
Dernière mise à jour : 2022-04-02 05:50:05
Référence : MSb-121
Famille de l'artiste - Mme Rachou-Bazille - Don de Mme Rachou-Bazille au musée Fabre en 1952 [Il existe un autre exemplaire à la Bibliothèque nationale de France].
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1978, n° 31, repr. p. 75 - Montpellier, New York, 1992-1993, n° 21, repr. p. 113 - Paris, musée Marmottan Monet, 2003-2004, repr. p. 76 - Montpellier, Paris, Washington, 2016-2017, cat. 46, repr. p. 243 [Les références sont du catalogue en français].
Daulte, Bazille et son temps, 1952, p. 189 - Bailly-Hersberg, Dictionnaire des estampes en France, 1830-1950, Arts et Métiers graphiques, 1985, p. 22, repr. p. 23 - Schulman, Frédéric Bazille : Catalogue raisonné, 1995, repr. p. 185 - Hilaire, Jones, Perrin, Cat. exp. Montpellier, Paris, Washington, 2016-2017, cat. 46, repr. p. 243 [Les références sont du catalogue en français] - Schulman, Frédéric Bazille : Catalogue raisonné numérique, 2022, n° 121.
This is the only example of engraving by Bazille as an accomplished engraver. Upon discovering this engraving, which Hilaire notes it was printed "post mortem in about fifty copies... Bazille's only known insight into printmaking" [2016-2017 exhibition catalogue, p. 137], it must be underlined that this is a remarkable work just like his watercolors and pastels. This is the only one we know of.
we don't known under what circumstances Bazille made this etching and, more importantly, how he acquired this technique. Although his correspondence is silent in this regard, we can assume that he learned more than the rudiments at the Gleyre's studio.
This etching proves Bazille's interest in another pictorial techniques.
