Object number1995.8.1
Sisyphus
Date1920
Artist
Jacques Rigaud
(French)
CultureFrench
MediumCharcoal, graphite and chalk
DimensionsSheet: 15 3/4 x 100 1/2 in. (40.01 x 255.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jak Katalan
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed (ULC, in pencil): Pietro Abr (cropped); Abuzzse (illegible) 3 R. de Méde..h; (UL edge, in pencil): 38.5(illegible)0 and 35(illegible)0 (with additional numbers cropped); (at right edge, in pencil): Bale ___(2 underlined words-illegible); (LRC, in pencil): Sous le ciel étonne (illegible) / C'est, quand mai nous rend sans livresse / que nous chantons plein d'allégresse / noël / L' amour est né / Ce n'est pas un tropeau de mage / Vêlus comme des néromans (illegible) / C'est le coeur fleuri des amants qui vient lui (illegible) rendre ses hommages; (LR, to left of passage just noted, in pencil): Massenet; (LR, in purple ink stamp): Institute de France/Academie des Beaux Arts; (LR, in purple (?) pencil): Brigaud; (at right margin of image, in pencil): (illegible)3; (verso, LRC): initials or insignia (?), see accession sheet in file.
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