About the Artwork
The Mourners
1919
George Barbier
1882-1932
French
Unknown
Wood engraving, pochoir and hand coloring
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 inches (47 × 35.6 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Bequest of Jessie L. Metcalf, 1980
F1988.47
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Markings
Inscribed, in black, below image, lower left: Les Pleureuses. Inscribed, in black, below stamp: 122/500
Stamped, in black, below image, lower right: Reminiscere | [figure on horseback holding a spear, square border] Watermark, below stamp and inscription: [illegible]
Provenance
Jessie L Metcalf
1988-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
after George Barbier, The Mourners, 1919, wood engraving, pochoir and hand coloring. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Jessie L. Metcalf, 1980, F1988.47.
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