Gustave Moreau / L'Inspiration / =c. 1893 wkg reg

Gustave Moreau
L'Inspiration
=c. 1893 wkg reg
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Creator Name: Moreau, Gustave
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: French; 1826-1898
Creator Name-CRT: Gustave Moreau
Title: L'Inspiration
Title Type: preferred
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1883
Creation End Date: 1898
Creation Date: =c. 1893 wkg reg
Creation Place: Europe,France
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Classification Term: Watercolor
Classification Term: Drawing
Classification Term: Prints and Drawings
Materials and Techniques: Watercolor and gouache, with pen and blue ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, wrapped and adhered on verso to wood pulp board.
Dimensions: Height: 299 mm, Width: 230 mm
Inscriptions: Signed l.r.
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1985.596
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of Mrs. Wesley M. Dixon Jr.
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Context: In his last years, Moreau worked on enormous, very detailed compositions in oil, most of which were never finished. Watercolors were prominent in Moreau's lat work, as he was able to create small and jewel-like visions with a detail and brilliance that eluded him in the larger oils. Color, which appears as light shot through crushed gems, is the true subject of this dreamlike composition of a poet receiving inspiration from a winged muse.
AMICA ID: AIC_.1985.596
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000

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