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The Sickly Cryptogam

1860

Charles Meryon

(French, 1821–1868)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
etching
Credit Line
The Milton Curtiss Rose Collection in memory of Evelyn Curtiss Rose 1954.919
Catalogue raisonné
Delteil & Wright 66
State
IV/IV
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented etching in black ink features a solitary, distorted mushroom with a thick stalk curving right beneath a bulbous, folded cap. Fine lines and dense cross-hatching create texture against a background of etched, leaf-like forms. Printed text at the base reads "LE MALINGRE CRYPTOGAME." Inscribed Roman numerals occupy the corners, while a stylized, spiked symbol sits in the lower right on the aged, textured paper framed by faint plate marks.

The Sickly Cryptogam

1860

Charles Meryon

(French, 1821–1868)
France, 19th century

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