Two Women Bathing at Water's Edge, from Revue Fantaisiste
1861
Medium
Etching on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 14.1 × 8.1 cm (5 9/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 14.9 cm (8 9/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
9057
Art Historical Context
Rodolphe Bresdin's *Two Women Bathing at's Edge*, created in 1861, is a delicate etching from the *Revue Fantaisiste a publication known for its whimsical and imaginative illustrations. Printed on fine cream China paper and laid down on ivory wove paper, the small plate (14.1 × 8.1 cm) invites close viewing, revealing the of Bresdin's linework. Housed in the Art Institute Chicago's Prints and Drawings department, this work exemplifies mid-19th-century printmaking artistry. Etching, Bresdin's chosen medium, involves coating a metal plate with acid-resistant ground, scratching designs into it, ...
About the Artist
Rodolphe Bresdin · 1822–1885
Rodolphe Bresdin (1822–1885) was a visionary French draughtsman, engraver, and lithographer whose fantastical imagery captured the empathy of rural poverty and the wild exuberance of the imagination. Born on August 12, 1822, in Montrelais near Le Fresne-sur-Loire in Brittany, he grew up in the Breton countryside amid its bardic folklore traditions before a family dispute left him homeless in Paris...