Jeanne Gonzales Painting in the Garden

1885

Not on view

Jeanne Gonzales, the sister-in-law (and later wife) of the artist, sits at an easel at the edge of a cultivated garden. Guérard composed this print by layering three plates inked in blue, yellow, and red. In this impression, only portions of the red plate received ink, leaving the complexion of the sitter more yellow than in other examples of the final state. After Bracquemond’s "In the Zoological Garden" (ca. 1873), this work represents the next major step in the development of color etching prior to Mary Cassatt’s masterful works of the 1890s.

Artwork Details

Title: Jeanne Gonzales Painting in the Garden
Artist: Henri-Charles Guérard (French, Paris 1846–1897 Paris)
Date: 1885
Medium: Color drypoint, roulette and aquatint on wove paper; seventh state of seven
Dimensions: Plate: 16 1/16 × 12 13/16 in. (40.8 × 32.5 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 14 15/16 in. (48 × 38 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2018
Object Number: 2018.77
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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