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The Wave (La Vague)

1894

Henri-Gustave Jossot

Artist, French, 1866 - 1951

Medium

lithograph in olive green
Credit Line

Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Dimensions

overall: 53 x 35.2 cm (20 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Accession

2001.136.58

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston (not in Lugt); gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Jackson, Ira, Dr.

Exhibition History

2000

Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 27.

Bibliography

1991

Boyer, Patricia Eckert, and Phillip Dennis Cate. L'Estampe originale: Artistic Printmaking in France 1893 - 1895. Zwolle, 1991: 39.

2000

Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 27.

Inscriptions

lower right below image in graphite: no. 7 jossot; lower right in stone: jossot

Markings

BS: Estampe Originale

Wikidata ID

Q75420320

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