The Canal d'Eu (near Tréport)
1898
Medium
Etching, drypoint and plate tone on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 16.6 × 24.4 cm (6 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 21.7 × 28.2 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
46246
Art Historical Context
Gustave Leheutre’s “The Canal d’Eu (near Tréport)” presents a tranquil view of a waterway in Normandy, France, rendered in 1898. The modest scale of the print—roughly the size of a small sketchbook page—encourages close looking, drawing attention to the gentle reflections on the water and the quiet rhythm of the surrounding landscape. Leheutre employed etching, drypoint, and plate tone on ivory laid paper, techniques that were especially prized in the late nineteenth century for their ability to capture both crisp detail and soft atmospheric effects. Drypoint burr and carefully wiped tone all...