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Inspiration, c. 1893. 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.
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 · 29.9 × 23 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Inspiration
- Artist
- Gustave Moreau French, 1826-1898
- Date
- c. 1893
- Medium
- 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
- 29.9 × 23 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Wesley M. Dixon, Jr.
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1826–1898
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.