Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Plant Motif)
Theodore Roussel
1899–1908
- Medium
- Brush and black ink on semi-transparent tan wove paper
- Dimensions
- 9.2 × 20.1 cm (3 5/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)prints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
Roussel created two variant emblems for the blank cartouche at top center—this cluster of silhouetted flowers resembling anemones, in black, and a salamander before a rising sun, rendered in colors that include metallic pigment.
