Tigre dans le jungle (Tiger in the Jungle), from L'Estampe originale (The Original Print), Album I
Paul Elie Ranson, Tigre dans le jungle (Tiger in the Jungle), from L'Estampe originale (The Original Print), Album I, 1893, color lithograph on cream simili-japon paper, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Jean Y. Roth Memorial Fund, the Graphic Arts Council, and Pamela Berg, public domain, 2014.156.1
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- Title
Tigre dans le jungle (Tiger in the Jungle), from L'Estampe originale (The Original Print), Album I
- Related Titles
album (original language): L'Estampe originale, Album I
display title: Tigre dans le jungle (Tiger in the Jungle), from L'Estampe originale, Album I
original language: Tigre dans le jungle
translated: Tiger in the Jungle
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: André Marty (French, 1857-?)
- Date
1893
- Medium
color lithograph on cream simili-japon paper
- Edition
1/100
- Catalogue Raisonné
Bitker 113; Boyer/Cate 62
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 14 1/2 in x 11 3/16 in; sheet: 17 5/8 in x 12 5/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
numbered: n 1, graphite, lower right
signature: P Ranson, graphite, lower left
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Jean Y. Roth Memorial Fund, the Graphic Arts Council, and Pamela Berg
- Accession Number
2014.156.1
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
In the spring of 1893, print publisher André Marty launched L’Estampe originale (The Original Print). Each quarter from 1893 to 1895, the publication issued ten original prints to subscribers for a total of ninety-five prints by seventy-four artists. It was a remarkable venture, featuring some of the best artists of the decade; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin, Pierre Bonnard, and Auguste Renoir were all contributors. L’Estampe originale was part of a wider boom in printmaking in fin-de-siècle France. Color lithography, in particular, flourished as never before, earning this moment the nickname "the color revolution."
In 2014-2015, the Museum acquired four prints from L’Estampe originale (see Related Artworks). The influence of Japanese art in both theme and composition is visible in each. Ranson's winsome lithograph is perhaps the most japoniste, depicting a fierce tiger rendered in sweeping calligraphic lines against a bright yellow background.
- Exhibitions
2015 Now on View: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings Spanning 500 Years Portland Art Museum
