Nelly Carriere (Tete de femme)
Eugène Carrière
Object Label
Eugène Carrière turned to artistic lithography in the late 1880s, developing an unusual and sophisticated technique that involved covering the stone with a lithographic ink that he scratched away with sandpaper to create the dreamlike, smoky atmosphere that also characterized his paintings. This haunting print depicts Carrière’s third daughter.
Caption
Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906). Nelly Carriere (Tete de femme), 1895. Lithograph, printed chine colle, image: 18 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. (46.4 x 35.9 cm) sheet: 23 9/16 × 16 7/8 in. (59.8 × 42.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 38.416.
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Artist
Title
Nelly Carriere (Tete de femme)
Date
1895
Medium
Lithograph, printed chine colle
Classification
Dimensions
image: 18 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. (46.4 x 35.9 cm) sheet: 23 9/16 × 16 7/8 in. (59.8 × 42.9 cm)
Signatures
Signed "Eugène Carrière" lower right margin in pencil
Inscriptions
Embossed stamp, recto, "L'Estampe originale"
Credit Line
Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund
Accession Number
38.416
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