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Louis-Marin Bonnet

Bather

1768
Crayon-manner in black and white on blue laid paper
35.7 × 23.2 cm (14.1 × 9.1 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

In this print, Louis-Marin Bonnet used chalk-manner engraving to reproduce the soft contours of a nude by François Boucher. An 18th-century invention, chalk- or crayon-manner engravings were made with roulette wheels that rolled dotted patterns onto copper plates and mimicked the line of chalk or pastel. Here Bonnet printed two separate chalk-manner plates in black and white inks on blue paper to give the impression of a carefully worked drawing.

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