Le Fétichiste (The Fetichist) [plate 3]
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View on museum website →Medium
drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 20.2 x 19.8 cm (7 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.) sheet: 29.9 x 29 cm (11 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Estate of Moses and Ruth Helen Lasky, San Francisco, Harlan B. and Marshall R. Levine, Trustees
Accession Number
2005.144.1.3
Art Historical Context
**Le Fétichiste (The Fetichist) [plate 3]** Visitors to the National Gallery of Art will encounter *Le Fétichiste (The Fetichist) [plate 3]*, a captivating drypoint etching by Louis Casimir Ladis Marcoussis, created in 1946. a modest plate size of 20.2 x 19.8 cm, this work is part of a larger portfolio (Department: CG-W), generously gifted by the Estate of and Ruth Helen Lasky Marcoussis, a-French artist active in early 20th-century Paris was a key figure in Cubism, rubbing shoulders with pioneers like Picasso and exploring fragmented forms and multiple perspectives in his paintings and print...