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Nymphe Effrayée (Frightened Nymph)
Nymphe Effrayée (Frightened Nymph)

Nymphe Effrayée (Frightened Nymph)

Artist René Georges Hermann-Paul French, 1864 - 1940
Date1896
MediumColored woodcut and lithograph
DimensionsImage Size: 8 15/16 × 6 1/2 in. (22.7 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (23.5 × 18.4 cm)
Matboard: 14 3/16 × 11 1/16 in. (36 × 28.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineThe Sparling Family Collection
Object number2014.2.2d
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SignedArtist's monogram in lower left in the image : "HH" for Henri Héran, a pseudonym used by this artist
DescriptionFemale head in lower right, looking up as through water and water lilies above. The woodcutting gouge lines create ripples. Five holes from sewn binding, apparently from the publication it was published in, on the left margin.

The artists used the pseudonym Henri Héran as well as his full name which was René Georges Hermann-PaulExhibition HistoryToulouse-Lautrec & Company: Prints from the Belle Époque, March 3 - May 27, 2012Provenanceby 2011, Nantes, France, Libraire Guimard
2011, Houston, TX, Tobin Sparling
2014, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust