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The Salamander (La Salamandre), from "L'Estampe Originale"

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Object Information
  • Title: The Salamander (La Salamandre), from "L'Estampe Originale"
  • Series/Portfolio: L'Estampe Originale, Album IX
  • Artist: Pierre Roche (pseudonym of Fernand Massignon) (1855–1922)
  • Publisher: André Marty (French, born 1857)
  • Date: 1895
  • Medium: Lithograph in two colors
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 5/8 × 7 5/16 in. (24.4 × 18.6 cm)
    Sheet: 23 5/8 in. × 17 in. (60 × 43.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.82.1-92
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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