Inscription
(Charles Meryon monogram) upper center composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "épreuve d'essai, ciel blanc" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "LD. 41 III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "6" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "9" center right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "55" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "No 66" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, artist's hand. "Epreuve d'essai Ciel blanc" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, artist's hand. "C.B. 53" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, artist's hand.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Provenance
Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Exhibition History
- 1987
- Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.
Bibliography
- 1924
- Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.
- 1990
- Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.
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