Illustration for a menu in honor of Louis Legrand [print].

Accession number: 
TMP 2023-96.20
Author: 
Legrand, Louis, 1863-1951, printmaker.
Published: 
[Paris], [1907].
Description: 
1 print : drypoint touched with color ; plate mark: 200 x 131 mm; sheet: 510 x 323 mm
Credit: 
Promised gift of Davida Deutsch in memory of Alvin Deutsch.
Notes: 

Independent proof impression of a drypoint by Legrand which appeared as an illustration on a menu for a dinner held on February 27, 1907, in honor of the artist who was awarded the Légion d'honneur for his work in 1906; the print is a variation of the design for his "Petite ballerine" (Arwas 368).
With cream colored tinting and details supplied in color (pochoir?).
Library also possesses a copy of the printed invitation featuring Legrands drypoint, bound into a copy of Exposition des oeuvres de Louis Legrand (Paris : Gustave Pellet, 1904), see TMP 2023-96.19.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Signed in pencil by the artist; with a presentation inscription from Gustave Pellet: A Monsieur Henry Michel-Dansac En souvenir du banquet Legrand Hommage du l'editeur [signed] Gustav Pellet.

Provenance: 
From the collection of Davida Deutsch.
Summary: 

Print shows a young ballerina poised on the apron of a stage, bowing and holding an open fan.

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