Woman with rake in field, Return of the fields, French etchings from 1878, Water-based in 1878, print, Series number, 9, 30, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', watermark, printmaker: Jules Bastien-Lepage, after design by Jules Bastien-Lepage, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1878, Jules Bastien-Lepage, widow Alfred Cadart, printmaker, publisher, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 277 mm x width 199 mm, agricultural implements: rake, A sepia-toned etching shows a woman seen from behind standing in a field, wearing a long dress with a fitted bodice and rolled sleeves, her hair gathered at the back of her head. She holds a long pole across her shoulders with one hand, the pole extending outward and ending in a ladderlike rake. The landscape around her is flat with tufts of grass and narrow paths, scattered low bushes, and thin tall trees with bare trunks reaching into a sky filled with wispy clouds and fine hatch marks. The ground near her feet shows textured...
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Woman with rake in field, Return of the fields, French etchings from 1878, Water-based in 1878, print, Series number, 9, 30, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', watermark, printmaker: Jules Bastien-Lepage, after design by Jules Bastien-Lepage, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1878, Jules Bastien-Lepage, widow Alfred Cadart, printmaker, publisher, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 277 mm x width 199 mm, agricultural implements: rake, A sepia-toned etching shows a woman seen from behind standing in a field, wearing a long dress with a fitted bodice and rolled sleeves, her hair gathered at the back of her head. She holds a long pole across her shoulders with one hand, the pole extending outward and ending in a ladderlike rake. The landscape around her is flat with tufts of grass and narrow paths, scattered low bushes, and thin tall trees with bare trunks reaching into a sky filled with wispy clouds and fine hatch marks. The ground near her feet shows textured strokes and small clumps of vegetation, and distant tree lines and more slender vertical trunks recede toward the horizon.

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Woman rake field Return fields French etchings 1878 Water-based print Series number 9 30 collector's mark AFE v S watermark printmaker Jules Bastien-Lepage design publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 277 mm x width 199 mm agricultural implements sepia-toned etching woman standing wearing long dress fitted bodice rolled sleeves hair gathered back head holds long pole across shoulders hand extending outward ending ladderlike rake landscape flat tufts grass narrow paths scattered low bushes thin tall trees bare trunks reaching sky filled wispy clouds fine hatch marks ground near feet textured strokes small clumps vegetation distant tree lines slender vertical trunks recede horizon

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