Study for a bronze name plate for Edward D. Adams
ca. 1892
Medium
Graphite, watercolor, and ink on verso
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edward D. Adams, 1921
Accession Number
21.52.2
Tags
About this artwork
Alphonse Legros's study for a bronze name plate for Edward D. Adams circa 1892 represents intersection of fine art and decorative design. This drawing demonstrates Legros's skill beyond better-known paintings and prints. Alphonse Legros (1837-1911), French artist spending much career in England, became influential Slade School teacher. Commissioned by Edward D. Adams, prominent American financier and arts patron, Legros created multiple studies including sketches, counterproofs, and Adams portra...
About the Artist
Alphonse Legros · 1837–1911
Alphonse Legros (1837–1911) was born in Dijon, France, and trained in Paris at the drawing school of Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose unconventional teaching method — which emphasised memory drawing and acute observation over academic convention — would leave a lasting mark on Legros's practice. At Lecoq's school he formed friendships with Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin that endured throughout hi...