Medium
Lithograph on chine collé; first state of two, without griffonage on upper right
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 13 3/16 in. (47 × 33.5 cm) Image: 14 in. × 11 5/16 in. (35.5 × 28.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.57.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Low Tide," a captivating 1833 lithograph on chine collé, the serene yet evocative beauty of a receding sea. Created by French Romantic artist Eugène Isab in collaboration with printers Charles Motte, McLean & Co., and Victor Mor, this first-state impression (sans griffonage in the upper right) measures 18½ × 13 inches overall. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints since 1922 via the Rogers Fund, exemplifies early 19th-century print innovation. Lithography, perfected around 1800, allowed artists like Isabey—renowned for his dramatic marine scenes—to translate painterly e...
About the Artist
Charles Motte|McLean & Co.|Victor Morlot|Eugène Isabey (French|French|French) · 1803 |1785 |1785 –1860 |1836 |1836
French, Paris 1803–1860 Fontainebleau|French, 1785–1836|French, 1785–1836