Cluster of Trees (Bouquet d'Arbres), from "L'Estampe Originale"
The towering grove of trees dwarfing three miniscule figures reflects Dulac’s belief in the grandeur and spirituality of nature. Following a diagnosis of fatal lead poisoning at age twenty-five from exposure to lead paint while working as an interior and set decorator, he became a devout follower of Saint Francis of Assisi, who advocated accessing the divine through communion with nature. Dulac published two suites of devotional landscape lithographs and had started on a third before he died at age thirty-three. This work was included in one of the most important print projects of the fin-de-siècle, André Marty’s "L’Estampe Originale" (1893–95).
Artwork Details
- Title: Cluster of Trees (Bouquet d'Arbres), from "L'Estampe Originale"
- Series/Portfolio: L'Estampe Originale, Album VIII
- Artist: Charles-Marie Dulac (French, Paris 1865–1898 Paris)
- Publisher: André Marty (French, born 1857)
- Date: 1894
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 18 1/2 × 14 1/16 in. (47 × 35.7 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/16 × 16 3/4 in. (59.5 × 42.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.82.1-72
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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