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Departure for Work (Le Départ pour le Travail)

1863
19th century
385 x 310 mm (15.2 x 12.2 in.)

Jean-François Millet, French, (1814–1875)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper

State: First of seven states

Print impression quality: Excellent, with even plate tone

Edition: According to a note on original DAC catalog card. “Was Millet's own proof & was bought from his son in Barbizon in 1891 (Keppel). All others in this state inscribed to Millet’s friends constituting the ‘Society of Ten.’ -GWD” [George W. Davison]

Marks: Unsigned

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Millet family

Bibliography: Loys Delteil 19; Melot 19; Robert L. Herbert, Peasants and “Primitivism”: French Prints from Millet to Gauguin (South Hadley, MA: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 1995), cat. no. 30, pp. 44–45.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1937

Accession Number: 1937.D1.128

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France*, genre*, labor*

France - TGN 1000070
genre - Use for pictorial representations, which may be in various media, that represent scenes or events from everyday life; usually used with another term such as "paintings" or "prints." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
labor - Usage in the sense of physical work

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plate Dimensions: 385 x 310 mm (15.2 x 12.2 in.)

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Jean-François Millet, French, (1814–1875) . Departure for Work (Le Départ pour le Travail), 1863. Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper. First of seven states. plate : 385 x 310 mm (15.2 x 12.2 in.). Sheet : 465 x 370 mm (18.3 x 14.6 in.). DAC accession number 1937.D1.128. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1937. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .

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