Mélancolie (Melancholy)
1894
Medium
lithograph in black on heavy japan paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.8 x 28 cm (14 1/2 x 11 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection, gift in memory of Virginia H. Jackson
Accession Number
1996.151.11
Art Historical Context
Jean Danguy's *Mélancolie (Melancholy)*, created in 1894, the introspective mood of fin-de-siècle France through a striking black lithograph on heavy japan paper Measuring 36.8 x 28 cm, this intimate print invites viewers into a world of quiet contemplation, its title evoking the pervasive themes of longing and ennui that resonated in late 19th-century European art Danguy, a French printmaker, employs the lithographic process—drawing directly on stone with greasy crayon to transfer ink via water-repellent chemistry—to achieve rich tonal depths and subtle gradations, hallmarks of the medium's e...