Accession number
TMP 2023-96.59
Creator
Legrand, Louis, 1863-1951, printmaker.
Published
[Paris], [1895].
Credit line
Promised gift of Davida Deutsch in memory of Alvin Deutsch.
Notes
One of an unknown number of signed proofs on simili-japon that were pulled in addition to the 25 unsigned proofs on Hollande paper.
Image contiguous with plate mark.
Image contiguous with plate mark.
Description
1 print : etching, aquatint, and drypoint ; plate mark: 133 x 290 mm; sheet: 309 x 465 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed by the artist; title written in pencil at lower right.
Provenance
From the collection of Davida Deutsch.
Summary
Print shows Death at left, half-length, wearing a cap and carrying a scythe and shovel over his shoulder, turned 3/4 to the right and facing a young woman who confronts him, smiling as she cups her bare breasts in both hands.
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