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Original artist:
Fortuny y Carbo, Mariano  Search this
Publisher:
Goupil & Cie.  Search this
Graphic artist:
Delatre  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
image: 19 cm x 38.5 cm; 7 1/2 in x 15 3/16 in
plate: 21 cm x 41 cm; 8 1/4 in x 16 1/8 in
sheet: 28.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 11 1/4 in x 18 5/16 in
Object Name:
print
Place drawn:
Italy: Latian, Rome
Place printed:
France: Île-de-France, Paris
Date made:
1866
Description:
Mariano Fortuny captured the intense grief of an Arab mourning a dead friend in this stark 1866 etching<i> Arabe Veillant le Corps de son Ami</i>.
Fortuny had witnessed Moroccan life at first hand during several visits, the first in 1859, when he accompanied the troops of Spanish General Juan Prim. A nineteenth-century critic praised Fortuny’s scratchy (<i>egratigné</i>) and gritty (<i>grignoté</i>) etching technique as very original and of the greatest interest. Another critic commented on the remarkable effect of color in the print. Even in black and white, Fortuny’s much admired sense of color is evident.
This print is one of twenty-eight Fortuny etchings issued by the Parisian publisher Goupil after the artist’s death in Rome at age thirty-six. Stephen Ferris, a great admirer of Fortuny, owned impressions of many of his prints.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Death  Search this
ID Number:
GA.16763
Catalog number:
16763
Accession number:
119780
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Ferris Collection
Communications
Art
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d9c2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_786735