Portrait of the Critic Gustave Geffroy

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Portrait of the Critic Gustave Geffroy, by 1890. Etching in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper.

Etching in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper · Image: 21.7 × 17 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Portrait of the Critic Gustave Geffroy
Artist: Marie Bracquemond French, 1840-1916
Date: by 1890
Medium: Etching in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 21.7 × 17 cm (8 9/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Plate: 25.8 × 19.8 cm (10 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Primary support: 29.6 × 24.3 cm (11 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 45.2 × 31.6 cm (17 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Credit line: William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1840–1916

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.