Maquette for "Internationale Austellung zu Madrid" Poster

Artist Eugène Samuel Grasset (French, 1841 - 1917)

Dateca. 1893

MediumPen, ink, and watercolor on paper

DimensionsSheet: 15 × 11 inches (38.1 × 27.94 cm)
Framed: 23 × 18 3/8 × 1 inches (58.42 × 46.66 × 2.54 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Dillon

Object numberF99-14/2

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DescriptionAt left, on a wide plinth, is a long-haired woman (representing Fame) in a long dress and a black and white-triangle-patterned cloak. A figure of a lion is atop a pedestal and in front of a throne behind the woman. At left is a plaza and domed building are in front of her below diagonal, gray notched clouds. Other blue and gray clouds are above and around her head, at top left. There is another wreath at bottom right. Block at upper right to hold text is left blank and cut off by mat covering drawing.Exhibition History

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Provenance

Given by George C. (1922-2013) and Joan (née Kent, 1925-2009) Dillon, North Chatham, MA, to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1999.

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