Ludovic Napoléon Lepic
French, 1838–1899
Plate Design for E. Leveille
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Ludovic Napoléon Lepic
French, 1838–18991886/89
Plate Design for E. Leveille
Ludovic Napoléon Lepic French, 1838–1899 →pen and ink drawingsprints and drawing
Date
1886/89
Medium
Pen and black ink on cream wove card
Dimensions
35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Franke Endowment Fund
A member of a French aristocratic family, Count Lepic was himself an artist, a museum curator, and a friend of Edgar Degas. Responding to Bracquemond’s promotion of Japanese aesthetics in porcelain and glass, Lepic created this plate design of a small sailboat at sea.
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