Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

1. 35 prints : etching, lithograph; 26.4 x 24.8 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Etchings, lithographs and transfer lithographs by Rodolphe Bresdin. Subjects include the Holy Family, representations of death (personnified as a skeleton) in situations recalling the Dance of death, bathers, a haunted house and illustrations for Fables et contes by Hippolyte de Thierry-Faletans. Several prints originally appeared in the Revue fantaisiste.

Subject

1. Jesus Christ > Family
2. Lalanne, Maxime, 1827-1886, collector
3. Revue fantaisiste
4. Bathers
5. Dance of death
6. Death in art
7. Fables
8. Haunted houses

Genre/Form

1. Etchings – French – 19th century.
2. Lithographs – French – 19th century.

Contents

1. G84. Comédie de la mort (1st printing) -- G84. Comédie de la mort (4th printing) -- G85. La fuite en Egypte (2nd state) -- G86. Intérieur flamand (5th state) -- G88. Les chasseurs surpris par la mort (1st state) -- G89. La baigneuse et le temps -- G90. La baigneuse et la mort -- G92. Intérieur de paysans de la Haute-Garonne (2nd state) -- G93. Intérieur moldave (2nd state) -- G101. Frontispice de la Revue fantaisiste (2nd state) -- G103. Entrée de village (1st state) -- G107. Le lac dans les montagnes -- G108. Cour de ferme -- G110. Pavillon de ferme -- G111. La sainte famille au bord d'un étang -- G114. Bataille dans une plaine rocheuse -- G119. Moulin à l'eau -- G120. Le chevalier et la mort (1st state) -- G120. Le chevalier et la mort (3rd state)
2. G122. Frontispice pour Fables et contes par Hippolyte de Thierry-Faletans (1st version, 2nd state) -- G124A. Les villes derrière le marécage (3rd state) -- G127. Le diplomate et la fourmilière (1st state) -- G131. La cité lointaine (3rd state) -- G135. La maison enchantée (2nd state) -- G137. La sainte famille aux cerfs (1st state) -- G138. Le repos en Egypte à l'âne bâté (2nd state) -- G138. Le repos en Egypte à l'âne bâté (2nd state, transfer lithograph) -- G141. César et ses prisonniers -- G143. Paysage rocheux -- G144. Le cours d'eau -- G144. Le cours d'eau (another impression, in L'Artiste) -- G145. Le ruisseau sous bois -- Le ruisseau sous bois (another impression) -- G146. Branchages -- G152. La République.

Call number

1. MEZAC

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. G84, G85, G122, G124, G127, G141 & G152 are lithographs; G88, G93, G101, G103, G107, G108, G110, G111, G114, G119, G135, G138, G143, G144, G145 & G146 are etchings; G86, G92, G131, G137, & G138 are transfer lithographs.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Cite as (note)

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Dirk Van Gelder, Rodolphe Bresdin: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. G103, G111, G114, G119 & G120 are from the collection of Maxime Lalanne (Lugt 1657). G84 is inscribed by the artist "A mon ami Morin l'auteur Bresdin".

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Author

1. Bresdin, Rodolphe, 1822-1885.

Title

1. Etchings and lithographs [graphic] / Rodolphe Bresdin.

Imprint

1. 1854-1884.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite as:

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Dirk Van Gelder, Rodolphe Bresdin: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé.

Provenance

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. G103, G111, G114, G119 & G120 are from the collection of Maxime Lalanne (Lugt 1657). G84 is inscribed by the artist "A mon ami Morin l'auteur Bresdin".

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Research call number

1. MEZAC