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Cluster of Trees (Bouquet d'Arbres), from "L'Estampe Originale"

Publisher André Marty French
1894
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The towering grove of trees dwarfing three miniscule figures reflects Dulac’s belief in the grandeur and spirituality of nature. Following a diagnosis of fatal lead poisoning at age twenty-five from exposure to lead paint while working as an interior and set decorator, he became a devout follower of Saint Francis of Assisi, who advocated accessing the divine through communion with nature. Dulac published two suites of devotional landscape lithographs and had started on a third before he died at age thirty-three. This work was included in one of the most important print projects of the fin-de-siècle, André Marty’s "L’Estampe Originale" (1893–95).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cluster of Trees (Bouquet d'Arbres), from "L'Estampe Originale"
  • Series/Portfolio: L'Estampe Originale, Album VIII
  • Artist: Charles-Marie Dulac (French, Paris 1865–1898 Paris)
  • Publisher: André Marty (French, born 1857)
  • Date: 1894
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 18 1/2 × 14 1/16 in. (47 × 35.7 cm)
    Sheet: 23 7/16 × 16 3/4 in. (59.5 × 42.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.82.1-72
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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