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Le Veuf (The Widower)

  • James Tissot
  • Etching
  • Etching and drypoint
  • Image: 14x9 in. | Framed: 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
  • From the edition of approximately 100
  • Signed and dated in the plate
  • Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco; Kimble Collection, Utah, 2003
  • Yes

The pensive and forlorn gazes of the widower and child heighten the mournful quality of this print, made after a painting of the same title currently in the possession of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Although the father holds his daughter aloft to reach a small fruit or nut, neither focus on the task at hand but rather stare vaguely into space, absorbed in their own thoughts, a subtle change from the painted version.

The somber subjects convey great depth and feeling, a contrast with how Tissot typically used the private garden setting for scenes of leisure.

Certificate of Authenticity

Reference: Wentworth, 28; Abbeville, 93.

Loc: G.H. pp58b

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