Anna Lea Merritt, Eve, Etching
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Title: Eve. (Eve Repentant).
Anna Lea Merritt (1844-1930)
Signed in pencil, printed on Japan paper.
Edition unknown.
Etching after the artist's painting entitled "Eve Overcome by Remorse", completed in 1885. Remarque of ground fowl and a serpent in lower right.
Illustrated in Peet, American Women of the Etching Revival.
Image size 13 1/16 x 18 13/16" (33.2 x 47.8 cm).
Anna Lea Merrit was born in Philadelphia. She studied anatomy at the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia before moving to Europe with her family in 1865. There, she studied art in Italy, Germany and Paris before settling in England, where she became a student of and eventually married Henry Merritt. Anna Lea Merritt produced a remarkable group of portraits that are in many public collections and had a long and successful career are both an artist and author.
Anna Lea Merritt (1844-1930)
Signed in pencil, printed on Japan paper.
Edition unknown.
Etching after the artist's painting entitled "Eve Overcome by Remorse", completed in 1885. Remarque of ground fowl and a serpent in lower right.
Illustrated in Peet, American Women of the Etching Revival.
Image size 13 1/16 x 18 13/16" (33.2 x 47.8 cm).
Anna Lea Merrit was born in Philadelphia. She studied anatomy at the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia before moving to Europe with her family in 1865. There, she studied art in Italy, Germany and Paris before settling in England, where she became a student of and eventually married Henry Merritt. Anna Lea Merritt produced a remarkable group of portraits that are in many public collections and had a long and successful career are both an artist and author.
Condition
Condition: Good condition, soft crease in the lower right.
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Anna Lea Merritt, Eve, Etching
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