Sculptress
Eugène Grasset (French, 1841–1917) · 1897 · lithograph with watercolor added by hand
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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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About this picture
Sculptress is a CC0 illustration by Eugène Grasset (French, 1841–1917), dated 1897. Lithograph with watercolor added by hand. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Sculptress” (1897) is a pattern plate: a plant or animal drawn so it can repeat. It was made as a model for decoration, not as a portrait of one specimen.
About the artist
Eugène Grasset (1841–1917) and Maurice Pillard Verneuil (1869–1942) designed French pattern books and posters. The plates flatten plants and animals into repeats for wallpaper, cloth, and print.
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