1986.2.35
Un Incroyable (after Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier)
circa 1892 (Date created)
Etching
0 in L x 6.688 in W x 9.688 in H x 0 in D(Paper)
French
Victor-Louis Focillon (1849–1918)
Un Incroyable (after Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier) c.1892
Etching
1986.2.35
With their fastidious fashion and blasé attitude, dandies challenged period conventions of masculinity. “Whether these men are nicknamed exquisites, incredibles (incroyables), beaux, lions or dandies, they all spring from the same womb,” explains Charles Baudelaire in The Painter of Modern Life (1863). (This is Not Ideal, Fall 2018)
In Collection
Anonymous gift, 1986
This is not Ideal: Gender Myths and their Transformation. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh University Art Gallery. 2018. Exhibition catalogue.
Published on the occasion of the student-curated exhibition This is not Ideal: Gender Myths and Their Transformation at the University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, October 26-December 7, 2018.
University Art Gallery. Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260
ISBN: 978-1-7329013-0-8
Published on the occasion of the student-curated exhibition This is not Ideal: Gender Myths and Their Transformation at the University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, October 26-December 7, 2018.
University Art Gallery. Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260
ISBN: 978-1-7329013-0-8
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