2009.4.1.21

untitled
2006
11.125 in HIGH x 8 in WIDE
(28.26 cm HIGH x 20.32 cm WIDE)
Gift of Sherry Smith Bell
2009.4.1.21

Written in graphite below plate, BR: "James Reed"
Written in graphite below plate, BL: "18/20"

This is a five color lithograph after Eugマne Boudin's work, "Femme _ L'Ombrelle sur la Plaza de Berck" (1875-1880). The print shows an abstract landscape executed with thick gestural marks against a background of tan ground and blue sky. A figure reclines in the foreground under a red umbrella.

I chose Boudin simply because I enjoy looking at his paintings. I have searched for some deeper meaning or reason but I have not been able to come up with anything other than the simple pleasure of viewing his work. / James Reed

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