André Derain
Two Seated Figures
1905
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André Derain
Two Seated Figures
1905
Physical Qualities
Woodcut, Sheet: 285 × 375 mm. (11 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
Image (approx.): 120 × 180 mm. (4 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Fund
Object Number
2001.2
André Derain’s woodcuts feature stylized figures, compressed spaces, and bold contrasts of tone, similar to his paintings of this period. Much like the woodcuts of Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), which were influential to the Fauves, this simplified scene of two
nudes in a landscape is inked lightly and irregularly. Derain’s early woodcuts were very experimental. The artist carved and printed them himself in small quantities, as he considered the activity to be a private one during this period of his career.
Wild Forms: Fauve Woodcuts
Jane Lee, 'The Prints of Andre Derain,' Print Quarterly, VII, 1990, I, pp. 36 -55. Andre Derain: Le Peintre du trouble moderne, Andre, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, November 1994-March 1995 Julien Cain, Andre Derain, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Exhibition 1985
Adhemar, Jean, Bibliotheque Nationale Department Des Estampes, Inventaire du Fonds Francais, Apres 1800, 1953, vol. 6, no. 19. Jacquelyn Bass, Richard S. Field, The Artistic Revival of the Woodcut in France 1850-1900, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1984. Pernoud, L'Estampe Des Fauves: Une esthetique du contraste, Hermann Edituers des sciences et des Arts. Sawyer, David and Derain, Andre, Prints by Andre Derain, 1980,1989
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO:LRE (artist's signature in graphite): 'a. derain;' VERSO: URE (graphite): [scribble]/ '2.19'
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