Sous les Fleurs

Artist Edmond François Aman-Jean French, 1858 - 1936

Publisher L'Estampe Moderne (The Modern Print) French, Paris, 1897 - 1899

Date1897

MediumColor lithograph on heavy wove paper

DimensionsImage Size: 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (34.9 x 27 cm)
Sheet: 16 x 12 1/8 in. (40.6 x 30.8 cm)
Matboard (Tobin's): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineThe Sparling Family Collection

Object number2014.2.3a

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SignedThe initials "AJ" appear about 4" up from lower right of image, in the stone.

MarkingsLower right, embossed into paper, left facing profile of a woman with flowing hair, the hair curling up over her head towards her face as if blown by a wind, the publisher's blind stamp for the monthly print subscription "L'Estampe Moderne" (The Modern Print), published from 1897 - 1899. The same stamp appears on L2012.1.9, 11and 22

DescriptionFemale head, with long brown hair, typical of art nouveau design. Oriented diagonally on the sheet, with large yellow blossoms in the upper and lower left corners. Her face is in very soft focus, almost as if underwater.Exhibition History"A Century of French Printmaking, 1838-1938", Rotunda Gallery, The Hyde Collection, October 11, 2018 to November 1, 2018.

Toulouse-Lautrec & Company: Prints from the Belle Époque, March 3 - May 27, 2012

"The Stone Palette - Lithographs in 19th-Century France", Hoopes Gallery,The Hyde Collection, January 10, 2015 - March 15, 2015Provenanceby 2011, Duingt, France, Posterclassicsfrance
2011, Houston, TX, Tobin Sparling
2014, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust