{"title":"Blanks in the Figure: A Fin-de-Siècle Enthusiasm in France","authors":"E. Pernoud","doi":"10.1080/00043079.2021.1964832","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The last quarter of the nineteenth century witnessed a surge of interest in prints among Parisian art enthusiasts. The taste and the knowledge of the distinct stages of each print’s evolution, known as states, were developed. One aspect of this creative process was of particular interest to collectors: the parts of the print left blank in the process of its creation. Some printmakers were particularly admired and their work prized for those states in which the emerging composition was broken up by the white of the paper. This was especially the case with Claude-Ferdinand Gaillard (1834–1887). His work and its reception by collectors are central to this article.","PeriodicalId":46667,"journal":{"name":"ART BULLETIN","volume":"104 1","pages":"98 - 117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ART BULLETIN","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00043079.2021.1964832","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ART","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract The last quarter of the nineteenth century witnessed a surge of interest in prints among Parisian art enthusiasts. The taste and the knowledge of the distinct stages of each print’s evolution, known as states, were developed. One aspect of this creative process was of particular interest to collectors: the parts of the print left blank in the process of its creation. Some printmakers were particularly admired and their work prized for those states in which the emerging composition was broken up by the white of the paper. This was especially the case with Claude-Ferdinand Gaillard (1834–1887). His work and its reception by collectors are central to this article.
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The Art Bulletin publishes leading scholarship in the English language in all aspects of art history as practiced in the academy, museums, and other institutions. From its founding in 1913, the journal has published, through rigorous peer review, scholarly articles and critical reviews of the highest quality in all areas and periods of the history of art. Articles take a variety of methodological approaches, from the historical to the theoretical. In its mission as a journal of record, The Art Bulletin fosters an intensive engagement with intellectual developments and debates in contemporary art-historical practice. It is published four times a year in March, June, September, and December