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The Dramas of the Sea (Les dramas de la mer)

The Dramas of the Sea (Les dramas de la mer)

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Paul Gauguin

In the wake of lithography, a number of related techniques were developed, including zincography, used here. A zincograph uses a zinc plate rather than a stone and is grainier than a lithograph.
Artist
Paul Gauguin
(French, 1848 - 1903)
Title
The Dramas of the Sea (Les dramas de la mer)
Date
1889
Medium
Zincograph
Dimensions
8 x 11 3/4 in. Overall
Credit
University Fund purchase
Accession No.
66.4.2
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

  • Elvehjem Art Center. "French Graphics from the Elvehjem Art Center Collection." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1975. p. 18, cat. no. 15

  • Print Tsunami: Japonisme and Paris: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/3/2015–8/23/2015
  • Nineteenth-Century European Prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 3/13/2004–5/30/2004
  • French Graphics from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Art Center, 4/11/1975–5/25/1975
  • Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries: Elvehjem Art Center, 5/11/1973–7/1/1973

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