Theodore Roussel
French, worked in England, 1847-1926
L'Agonie des Fleurs (Black and White Version)
INV-2109
Theodore Roussel
French, worked in England, 1847-19261890–95
L'Agonie des Fleurs (Black and White Version)
Theodore Roussel French, worked in England, 1847-1926 →etchingpaper
Date
1890–95
Medium
Etching, softground, and aquatint in black on cream wove imitation Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 44.5 × 34.6 cm (17 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.); Plate: 45.2 × 34.8 cm (17 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Sheet: 48.2 × 36.9 cm (19 × 14 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg
This still life is Roussel’s best-known print and represents the culmination of his experiments in combining soft ground and aquatint with line etching. The powerful effect of rich blacks, subtle grays, and sensitively placed brighter, unetched areas elevates the unpretentious subject matter—an arrangement of dying flowers in a vase of decorative stoneware, which was readily available for purchase in late 19th-century London.
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