Pêcheurs à la Ligne (Line Fishermen/ Anglers)
Artist
Charles Huard
French, 1874 - 1965
Date1898
MediumColor woodcut on heavy wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 12 1/8 × 12 1/2 in. (30.8 × 31.7 cm)
Image Size: 8 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (21.6 × 31.7 cm)
Image Size: 8 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (21.6 × 31.7 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineThe Sparling Family Collection
Object number2014.2.36a
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Works on Paper
SignedLower left, in print: "H"
MarkingsLower right, blindstamp, 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, and 22.
DescriptionFigures on the paved sidewalk banks of an urban river. Several smokestacks in the background emit sinuous, art nouveau style, streams of smoke.Exhibition HistoryWest Meets East: Prints from the Permanent Collection, Wood Gallery, The Hyde Collection, November 4, 2018 - December 30, 2018Toulouse-Lautrec & Company: Prints from the Belle Époque, March 3 - May 27, 2012Provenanceby 2011, Duingt, France, Posterclassicsfrance
2011, Houston, TX, Tobin Sparling
2014, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
