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Morphinomane

Print
1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Grasset, Eugène (artist)
Vollard (publisher)
Place of origin
France (made)

Colour lithograph of an anxious young woman in a white nightdress, injecting her leg with morphine.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleMorphinomane (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Colour Lithograph
Pencil
Wash
Lithography
Brief description
Print entitled 'Morphinomane', colour lithograph by Eugene Grassett. Published by Ambroise Vollard, 1897.
Physical description
Colour lithograph of an anxious young woman in a white nightdress, injecting her leg with morphine.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 576mm
  • Sheet width: 425mm
  • Image height: 415mm
  • Image width: 310mm
Imperial portrait sized mount.
Style
Art Nouveau
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'EG' (Signed with monogram)
  • 'EGrasset' (Signed in pencil with monogram)
Object history
Published by Ambroise Vollard in Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard, 2e année (1897).
Subjects depicted
Drug Addiction
Drugs
Needles
Addicts
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
  • Hewitson, Madeline (Author)(Editor) Ribeyrol, Charlotte (Author)(Editor) Winterbottom, Matthew (Author)(Editor) Ashmolean Museum (Host institution) Colour revolution: Victorian art, fashion & design Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2023. 238 pages : ill. ISBN: 9781910807576.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1094-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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