L'Equilibriste japonais

Maker and role
Artist: Henri Guérard, French, 1846-1897
 Year
1888
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Etching and aquatint, cut plate
Measurements
plate, 4 x 5 1/4in (10.2 x 13.3cm)
Credit line
Museum purchase
Accession number
2013.19.2
Object type
Prints
Department
Prints and Drawings
Location
Not on view
Further information
In this version of L'Equilibriste Japonais, Guérard cut the copper etching plate so that only the cityscape of Paris, dominated by the dome of the Institut Français, is visible.
Documentation
Henri Guerard, 1846-1897: L'Oeuvre Grave; Claudie Bertin; 1975; p. 358; 401
Subject period
Modernist
Docent information sheet
V:\Object Documentation\Prints\2013.19.2 Guerard\Henri Guerard L'Oeuvre Grave 1975.pdf
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