Retour du Bois (Return from the Woods)
Alphonse Legros, English (born France), 1837 - 1911
about 1876
Etching on paper
Plate: 9 7/16 × 14 1/4 in. (24 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 16 7/8 in. (31.4 × 42.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
2006.19.2
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right: A. Legros; inscribed, in graphite, along lower margin: 565 iii Retour du Bois 24 proofs covering 3 states before plate reduced. A26826
Provenance
Jeannot R. Barr, Northport, New York; sold to present collection, 2006.
Catalogue Raisonne
Poulet-Malassis 565
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