Une Mère; Brocéliande; Les Flaireurs; Des Mots! Des Mots!
1896
Medium
lithograph in orange on light brown wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 31.5 x 50.5 cm (12 3/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Atlas Foundation
Accession Number
1995.76.24
Art Historical Context
Maxime Dethomas's *Une Mère; Brocéliande; Flaireurs; Des Mots! Des Mots!* (1896) is a captivating lithograph that showcases the artist's mastery of color printing during the fin-de-siècle era in France. Created in vibrant orange tones on light brown wove paper, this sheet measures 31.5 x 50.5 cm and likely features a series of vignettes evoking intimate domestic scenes, mythical landscapes, and playful or dramatic moments—hinted at by the evocative titles: "A Mother," the legendary forest of Brocéliande from Arthurian lore, "The Sniffers," and the exclamatory "Words! Words!" Lithography, a ke...