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From France

A Selection of Works from the Department of Prints and Drawings

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NGV International

Ground Level

3 Jun 77 – 10 Jul 77

From France was a small display of works by French artists in the NGV’s Prints and Drawing collection. It included work from the 17th to the 20th centuries by artists including Jacques Callot, Claude Lorrain, Robert Nanteuil, Francois Boucher, Pierre Bonnard, Eugène Delacroix, Honoré Daumier, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Théodore Rousseau, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, Georges Braque and Henri Matisse.

Prints & Drawings

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Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC<br/> <em>Divan Japonais</em> 1893 <!-- (recto) --><br /> colour lithograph<br /> 78.5 x 59.5 cm (image and sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1948<br /> 1846-4<br /> <!--40512--> Jacques CALLOT<br/> <em>The hanging</em> 1633 <!-- (recto) --><br /> <em>(La Pendaison)</em><br /> plate 11 from <i>Les Mis&egrave;res et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war)</i> series 1633<br /> etching<br /> 8.3 x 18.7 cm (plate) 10.3 x 21.0 cm (sheet)<br /> 2nd of 3 states<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1950<br /> 2222.11-4<br /> <!--41047--> Jacques BELLANGE<br/> <em>The Annunciation</em> (after 1613) <!-- (recto) --><br /> etching<br /> 34.0 x 31.6 cm (image) 35.0 x 31.9 cm (plate) 45.0 x 35.8 cm (sheet)<br /> 2nd of 2 states<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1974<br /> P153-1974<br /> <!--25017--> Pierre BONNARD<br/> <em>The Arc de Triomphe</em> (c. 1898); 1899 {published} <!-- (recto) --><br /> <em>(L'Arc de Triomphe)</em><br /> from the <i>Quelques Aspects de la vie de Paris (Some scenes of Parisian life)</i> portfolio 1895&ndash;98, published 1899<br /> colour lithograph<br /> 31.8 x 46.2 cm (image) 40.2 x 53.4 cm (sheet)<br /> edition of 100<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1970<br /> P89.12-1970<br /> <!--24707--> Honor&eacute; DAUMIER<br/> <em>My dear fellow (my dear colleague - lawyers)</em> (1855) <!-- (recto) --><br /> <em>(Mon cher confr&egrave;re (mon cher coll&egrave;gue - avocats))</em><br /> crayon, pen and ink, wash, watercolour and gouache<br /> 28.6 x 22.3 cm (sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1922<br /> 1235-3<br /> <!--27084-->