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Les Mariniers
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The Mariners
Les Mariniers
Georges d' Espagnat (French, 1870–1950)
1895
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, plate II from portfolio of six woodcuts
Dimensions
Image: 45 x 24.8 cm (17 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 62.4 x 47.7 cm (24 9/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 62.4 x 47.7 cm (24 9/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo
Accession Number2010.1328.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Portfolios
(Paris: L'Ymagier, 9, rue de Varenne, 1895) 64.9 cm; original printed wrappers with woodcut vignettes on front and back, with cloth ties. The woodcut vignette on the front is "L'homme à la clochette"; back "Le derviche à cheval."
L'Ymagier was an Illustrated journal published from October 1894 to December 1896; MFA owns seven (of eight total) issues (1989.177-1989.183). Rémy De Gourmont and Alfred Jarry were the editors, and contributed many texts. The journal was creditied with the revival of the woodcut. They also printed editions of the work of many symbolist artists, including Gauguin,Robertson, Emile Bernard and the douanier Rousseau.
L'Ymagier was an Illustrated journal published from October 1894 to December 1896; MFA owns seven (of eight total) issues (1989.177-1989.183). Rémy De Gourmont and Alfred Jarry were the editors, and contributed many texts. The journal was creditied with the revival of the woodcut. They also printed editions of the work of many symbolist artists, including Gauguin,Robertson, Emile Bernard and the douanier Rousseau.
Description(Paris: L'Ymagier, 9, rue de Varenne, 1895) 64.9 cm; original printed wrappers with woodcut vignettes on front and back, with cloth ties. The woodcut vignette on the front is "L'homme a la clochette"; back "Le derviche a cheval"
InscriptionsStamped ll on sheet: No. 8
Stamped lr on sheet: II
Stamped lr on sheet: II
ProvenanceBetween the 1950s and 1980s, acquired by Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland and Whitchurch, England; March 19, 2004, sold by Josefowitz to Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA and Naples, FL; 2010, year-end gift of Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)