Study for the woodcut 'Bassin des Tuileries' (c. 1898): Art, History and Details

Study for the woodcut 'Bassin des Tuileries' (c. 1898) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The printmaker Auguste Lepère is credited with reviving the woodcut at a time when it had fallen out of popularity in late 19th-century France. Lepère carefully sketched each aspect of his compositions—which often depicted Parisian life—before translating them to print. The young girl seen in this drawing figured in the foreground of an image depicting the Tuileries garden on a clear autumn day.

Object facts

• Title: Study for the woodcut 'Bassin des Tuileries'
• Date: c. 1898
• Creator attribution: Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918)
• Culture: France, 19th/20th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: watercolor, gouache, and black crayon on tan heavy weight wove paper
• Dimensions: Sheet: 27.9 x 14.6 cm (11 x 5 3/4 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 2019.66

A detail from the museum

In the related finished print, the young girl seen here appears next to the Tuileries’s pond, which is filled with toy boats (a practice that continues today).

Collection credit

Bequest of Muriel Butkin

View the collection record

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