La Mer (The Sea)

Artist/Maker Alexandre Calame (Swiss, 1810 - 1864)

Date1851

MediumLithograph on paper

DimensionsComposition: 10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (26 × 19.1 cm) Sheet: 21 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (54 × 36.8 cm) Mat: 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of D. Roger Howlett, Class of 1966

Object number1988.7

Not on view

DescriptionNo. 11 from the series OEUVRES DE A. CALAME

Collections

European Art

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Vagues et Falais (Waves and Cliffs)

Exhibition History 1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection", June 5 - September 6, 1992. (cat. 95)

Provenance 1988: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of D. Roger Howlett.

Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2, February 1989, "Acquisitions"

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1992, cat. 95).

Signature Signed in stone on recto at lower right: A. Calame; in typeset on at lower right: F. DELARUE Editeur, rue J.J. Rousseau, 10, Paris; in typeset on at lower center: Imp. lith. de Jacome & Cie. r. de Lancry, 12.

Inscribed Editioned in typeset at upper left: OEUVRES DE A. CALAME; in typeset on at upper right: No. 11; in typeset on at lower left: du Cabinet de Mr. Révilliod-Faesch.; in typeset on at lower right: F. DELARUE Editeur, rue J.J. Rousseau, 10, Paris; in typeset on at lower center: Imp. lith. de Jacomme & Cie. r. de Lancry, 12.; inscribed in pencil at lower left: 2400; in pencil on at lower left to center: original Lithograph by Calamme; in pencil on at lower right: P 757.36; in pencil on at lower right: $130 / 5; in pencil on verso at lower left: 11. La Mer; inscribed on verso in pencil at lower left: a / 166230 / 4520; in pencil on verso at lower right: + / - / 1