The Sea at Bognor
Theodore Roussel · 1895 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Roussel was a pioneer in color etching in Britain, and a series of trial proofs illustrates his creative process. For many of the proofs, colored ink was painted onto the plate and then apparently printed without using a press. The completed version of this soft ground etching was among a set of nine color prints first exhibited in 1899. Roussel also made a painting of the same view of sky, sea, and shore at Bognor Regis, located on the southern coast of England.
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- Maker
- Theodore Roussel, French, worked in England, 1847-1926
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- Soft ground etching, inked à la poupée, in yellowish green and greenish blue on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image, platemark only partially visible: 4.5 × 14 cm (1 13/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 10.3 × 15.3 cm (4 1/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
