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Cranes (Preparatory design for a ceramic plate)


Herons (Preparatory design for the Second Service Rousseau)
Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914)
Or: Henri Lambert (French, 1836–1909)
about 1870

Medium/Technique Black ink and graphite on blue paper
Dimensions Sheet: 37.2 x 42.2 cm (14 5/8 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, and Helen B. Sweeney Fund
Accession Number2005.594
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionDesign for a ceramic plate, likely for Eugène Rousseau for Creil et Montereau
Marks Verso: blue ink, circular douane stamp
InscriptionsIn ink, within image, b.c.: B
In graphite, lower left: Sujet de décoration pour assiette
ProvenanceHotel Drouot, Paris; Judith L. Pillsbury, Paris; from whom purchased December 14, 2005