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Name-day card for Maria Mickiewiczówna with a drawing depicting a self-portrait of the artist carrying a basket with frutti di mare and a bouquet of flowers; Tadeusz Makowski 1882–1932, draughtsman/author; addressee: Maria Mickiewicz 1868–1952; subjects: cards, painters, self-portraits, portraits of artists, name-day wishes; iconography: Tadeusz Makowski; date: 8 September 1924; place of creation: Tumiac-en-Arzon; medium: watercolor and manuscript on card; dimensions: height 25.9 cm, width 19.6 cm., A figure wearing a long gray cloak and dark shoes is shown in profile holding a large round basket filled with several crustaceans and a few flowers; the crustaceans are rendered in blue and brown tones with long reddish antennae, and the flowers show touches of red, yellow, blue, and green. The background is a worn beige paper with pale gray and brown wash marks, a faint darker vertical area at the left edge, and a small patch of muted red near the top left. The figure’s face is lightly sketched with pale skin tone and a hint of red on the lips, and there are soft gray shadows suggesting folds in the clothing and subtle smudges across the page.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A06_432

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

78.0Mo (3.1Mo) / 38.5cm x 50.8cm / 4542 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Name-day card Maria Mickiewiczówna drawing depicting self-portrait artist carrying basket frutti di mare bouquet flowers Tadeusz Makowski 1882–1932 draughtsman author addressee Maria Mickiewicz 1868–1952 subjects cards painters self-portraits portraits artists name-day wishes iconography Tadeusz Makowski date 8 September 1924 place creation Tumiac-en-Arzon medium watercolor manuscript card dimensions height 25.9 cm width 19.6 cm figure wearing long gray cloak dark shoes shown profile holding large round basket filled several crustaceans crustaceans rendered blue brown tones long reddish antennae touches red yellow green background worn beige paper pale gray brown wash marks faint darker vertical area left edge small patch muted near top left figure’s face lightly sketched pale skin tone hint lips soft gray shadows suggesting folds clothing subtle smudges across page.