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Series Title: L'Assommoir

Untitled

1879

Gaston de Latouche

(French, 1854–1913)
publisher

Cadart

Culture
France
Medium
drypoint on laid paper
Support
Measurements
Platemark: 28.8 x 22.5 cm (11 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31 x 23.5 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Bernard Derroitte 2022.430
Catalogue raisonné
Fonds Français 1
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Gaston de LaTouche completely changed the subjects and style of his work around 1890 and destroyed much of his early work.

Description

Although his work changed throughout his career, early on Gaston de Latouche belonged loosely to the Impressionist circle through his association with Édouard Manet. Latouche explored subjects—such as that seen here—taken from the lives of working-class Parisians. This print represents a scene from naturalist author Émile Zola’s novel L’Assommoir, which detailed the rise and fall of a laundress named Gervaise. Latouche is said to have collaborated with the author on the imagery and exhibited the entire series at the public Paris Salon in 1879.
A horizontally oriented print in black ink depicts six figures gathered around a table. On the left, a standing man in profile tilts his head back while raising a glass. In the center, a woman rests her chin on her hands. Three people sit behind the table, while another in the lower right sits with their back to us. Hatched lines define the figures and the sketchy interior background.

Untitled

1879

Gaston de Latouche, Cadart

(French, 1854–1913)
France

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