"Marbles" Plate XXII, Album du peintre en bâtiment: Travaux élémentaires. Deuxième partie, Bois, marbres, lettres

1881

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

The training of a French painter-decorator of Braque’s generation involved an apprenticeship with an established master, who introduced the novice to the specialized branches of the trade. Plates published in manuals and portfolios, such as these chromolithographs, supplemented practical experience. Accompanied by instructions, they demonstrate how to imitate varieties of wood, the veining of marble, and the convex and concave profiles of architectural moldings, while simultaneously providing models of finished work.

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Exhibition History

Title: "Marbles" Plate XXII, Album du peintre en bâtiment: Travaux élémentaires. Deuxième partie, Bois, marbres, lettres
Author: Nicolas Glaise (French, 1825–1888)
Artist: Eugène Berthelon (French, 1829–1916)
Date: 1881
Medium: Chromolithograph
Dimensions: 17 11/16 × 12 5/8 in. (45 × 32 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Collection of Carl Burgess
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art