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Roderic O'Conor , Irish, 1860-1940

Title

Landscape with Dark Trees and a River

Date1893

MediumEtching on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 36 x 51.3 cm

Plate: 15 x 24.8 cm

Credit LinePurchased, 2009

Object numberNGI.2009.19

DescriptionIn 1893 O’Conor worked with the French printmaker Armand Seguin (1869-1903), on a series of prints in and around Le Pouldu, an isolated coastal community to the east of Pont-Aven. His prints, displaying a wealth of tonal variation and strong directional lines, perfectly express the wild forces of nature found in the Brittany landscape. Due to the experimental nature of O’Conor’s dramatic etchings, only a small number of proofs were pulled from the original plates, making prints such as this exceptionally rare.
ProvenanceDr Robelet, Neuilly-sur-Layon; purchased, Thierry-Lannon & Associes, Brest, 14th October 2009, Sale of Dr Robelet effects, lot 84