Madame Réjane

1899
Not on view
A woman wearing a stiff bodice adorned with jewels, and holding a fan, stands before a curtain adorned with a hanging tassel. At left there is a landscape with two trees and a curved footpath. The print appeared in "A Second Book of Fifty Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley," London, 1899, where the text stated that it had been drawn in 1893 but was hitherto unpublished.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Madame Réjane
  • Artist: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, Brighton, Sussex 1872–1898 Menton)
  • Sitter: Madame Gabrielle Réjane (French, Paris 1857–1920 Paris)
  • Date: 1899
  • Medium: Process print from line block
  • Dimensions: Image: 8 7/8 × 6 1/8 in. (22.6 × 15.5 cm)
    Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (28.5 × 22 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.576.93
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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