Untitled, plate from Je regardais et je vis...
1896
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 35.6 × 27.2 cm (14 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 48.1 × 31.3 cm (18 15/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
44289
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
Discover Jean Caldain's *Untitled*, a captivating lithograph from 189 and one of the plates in the series *Je regardais et je vis* ("I looked and saw..."). Printed in bold black ink on smooth white wove paper, image measures 35.6 × 27.2 cm (14 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.), with a generous sheet size of 48.1 × 31.3 cm (18 15/16 × 12 3/8 in.). Housed in the Art Institute Chicago's Prints and Drawings, this work exemplifies the intimate scale and precision of fine art prints from the fin-de-siècle era. Lithography, Caldain's chosen medium, was a transformative technique by the late 19th century, enabling ...