Henri Harpignies
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Henri Harpignies
1819-1916
Landscape with a Distant Cathedral
1890
Black ink and wash on buff paper.
4 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (114 x 181 mm)
Bequest of John M. Thayer.
2005.90
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This type of drawing with different solutions of gray wash on a textured white paper is typical of the artist's late work from the 1880s through 1910 when he frequently returned to the Loire valley. He abandoned the preliminary sketch in graphite and worked in pure wash, often sending the results to family and friends.
Inscription:
Signed and dated at lower left in brownish-black ink, "h. harpignies 90".
Provenance:
John M. Thayer (1944-2004), Wilmington, DE.
Associated names:
Thayer, John M. (John MacLane), 1944-2004, former owner.
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