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A Pond with a Fisherman along the River Ain

This quiet scene of a solitary fisherman is one of several large-scale drawings Appian made depicting the landscape surrounding the river Ain, near his native Lyon, in eastern France. Renowned for his skillful and innovative use of charcoal, Appian manipulated the powdery black medium to achieve delicate tones and compelling effects of light. He further scraped and rubbed at the surface of the drawing to render subtle details, from the texture of the tree bark to the shimmering surface of the water.

A Pond with a Fisherman along the River Ain, Adolphe Appian (French, Lyon 1818–1898 Lyon), Charcoal with stumping and scratching out

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A Pond with a Fisherman along the River Ain

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River with Fishermen

Title: A Pond with a Fisherman along the River Ain

Artist: Adolphe Appian (French, Lyon 1818–1898 Lyon)

Medium: Charcoal with stumping and scratching out

Dimensions: 21-5/8 x 38-1/4 in. (54.9 x 97.2 cm)

Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, by exchange, 1998

Accession Number: 1998.359

Signature: Signed in black ink at lower right: Appian
Vendor: Paul Prouté, Paris (French)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” February 8–May 3, 1999.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Light and Tone: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints,” May 18, 2023–September 5, 2023.

Paul Prouté, Paris, Atherton Curtis Adolphe Appian, son oeuvre gravé et lithographié. Paris, 1968.

Janine Bailly-Herzberg L’Eau-forte de peintre du dix-neuvième siècle: La Société des aquafortistes (1862-1867). Paris, 1972, cat. no. vol. 2, pp. 2-6.

Paul Prouté, Paris Supplement au catalogue des eaux-fortes d’Adolphe Appian. Nouvelles de l’estampe. Paris, January-February, 1976, cat. no. 25, p. 9.

Eugenia Parry Janis Setting the Tone – The Revival of Etching, The Importance of Ink: The Painterly Print: Monotypes from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century. edited by Colta Ives, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1980, p. 17.

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