Rodolphe Bresdin
Mother and Time
1857
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash on paper, Sheet: 121 x 73 mm. (4 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase with bequest funds from Dr. Robert Austrian
Object Number
2007.244
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2007; Jill Newhouse, New York; Dr. Pierre Lafargue, Bordeaux; M. Arrar who purchased it at Mériadeck (a fleamarket), Bordeaux
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, "Rodolphe Bresdin," 1963, cat. no. 99.
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, "Die schwarze Sonne des Traume-- Radierungen, Lithographien und Zeichnungen von Rodolphe Bresdin," 1972-73 and tour to Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, cat 23.21.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, "Rodolphe Bresdin," 1978-79, cat. 160.
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, "Die schwarze Sonne des Traume-- Radierungen, Lithographien und Zeichnungen von Rodolphe Bresdin," 1972-73 and tour to Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, cat 23.21.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, "Rodolphe Bresdin," 1978-79, cat. 160.
Pierre Lafargue, "A la recherche de la verité--A travers les mythes et légendes de la vie de Rodolphe Bresdin," Bordeaux: Société des Bibliophiles de Guyenne, 1969, p. 29, ill. p. 26.
Van Gelder, Dirk, "Rodolphe Bresdin--Monographie et catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé, "The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1976, vol. 1, p. 67, fig. 67.
Van Gelder, Dirk. "Bresdin--Dessins et gravures," Paris: Chêne, 1976, p. 37, no. 41, illus. p. 58.
Préaud, Maxime, "Rodolphe Bresdin 1822-1885--Robinson graveur," exh. cat. Paris, Bibliotèque nationale de France, 2000, p. 167.
Inscribed: lower left in pen and black ink: "Bresdin / 1857"
