Portrait of Basil Gotto (Black and White Version)
Theodore Roussel
1901
- Medium
- Drypoint in black, with selective wiping of plate tone, on ivory Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 8.1 × 7.5 cm (3 1/4 × 3 in.); Plate: 25.1 × 18.9 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 25.9 × 18.9 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- drypoint
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drypointprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
Roussel was among the founding members of the Chelsea Arts Club in 1891, along with other artists such as James McNeill Whistler, Paul Maitland, Phil May, and Walter Sickert. Sculptor Basil Gotto was soon accepted into membership and later served as chairman from 1913 to 1915. A friend and admirer of Roussel, he was also a collector of his prints and paintings, and around 1902 even helped print some impressions of Roussel’s color etchings. This drypoint image of Gotto— shown in an early state—was made around the same time as Roussel’s dramatic self-portrait. He began a second portrait of Gotto, intended as a color print, but did not complete the project.
