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Death and the Woodcutter (La Mort et le Bûcheron), Second Plate

Alphonse Legrosca. 1876

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

Details

  • Title: Death and the Woodcutter (La Mort et le Bûcheron), Second Plate
  • Creator: Alphonse Legros
  • Date Created: ca. 1876
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “A. Legros”; monogram in plate, lower right: “AL”
  • Print State: Seventh of eleven states
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of Juwil C. and Virgil W. Topazio (B.A. Wesleyan 1943), 1984
  • Materials & Techniques: Etching on thin wove paper
  • Keywords: allegory, death, labor, loggers
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Published in the deluxe edition of “L’Art,” vol. 7, 1876
  • Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 321 mm x 241 mm (12.64 in. x 9.49 in.). Sheet dimensions: 350 mm x 265 mm (13.78 in. x 10.43 in.).
  • Bibliography: Bliss 142; Gabriel Weisberg, “Social Concern and the Worker” (University of Utah, 1973), cat. 33
  • Associated People: Created by Alphonse Legros (French, 1837-1911)
  • Accession Number: 1984.29.73

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