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Armand Séguin
Spring (La Primavère) 1894
zincograph printed in brown ink
21.5 × 31.6 cm (image) 26.1 × 38.8 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1989
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Spring
(La Primavère)
1894
published in the journal L'Ymagier, January 1895
Medium
zincograph printed in brown ink
Measurements
21.5 × 31.6 cm (image) 26.1 × 38.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1989
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The simplicity of many works of the Pont-Aven School reflected the artists’ interest in folklore, traditional imagery, and pre-industrial societies, and, relatedly, their nostalgia for ‘untouched’ cultures. This print was published in L’Ymagier, a journal that specialised in the history of early religious and popular woodcuts, together with songs, poetry, articles and contemporary Symbolist prints. Spring is a dream-like image of tonal and textural contrasts built up with pen, crayon and tusche (lithographic wash). Set on a recognisable coastline near Séguin’s house in Brittany, unlike her diligent companion, the reclining woman wearing a Breton coiffe is lost in reverie.
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Field 84; Boyle-Turner S.26
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.c.: a Seguin
Accession Number
P106-1989
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
bonnets (hats) coastal landscapes dresses (garments) France (nation) repose (activity) spring (season) women (female humans)
Movements
Post-Impressionism