Lisière de Forêt a.k.a. A Woodland Study

Catalogue number: SO 0027
Artist: Alphonse Legros
Date: 1885
Medium: Etching
Catalogues: Bliss 504
State: VII/VII
Publication: The Studio

Subject

Two trees in leaf at the left of the plate and a fallen trunk to the centre. Rural buildings lightly sketched beyond the screen of trees. Understory of the woodland clearing heavily worked.

Printing

A large edition of this plate was printed for The Studio magazine in 1904. The Studio was then the preeminent channel of communication between British ‘artistic culture’ and the wider Western avant-garde in architecture, design and Symbolist art. Research is required to ascertain the extent of Legros's collaboration with The Studio at this time. The prints were apparently originally issued singly, with envelopes marked with The Studio's brand. A duplicate of this image in this collection at NBS00??.