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Grasset, Eugène. Morphine Addict, 1897. color lithograph, Image: 41.3 x 31.2 cm (16 1/4 x 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 56.7 x 42.5 cm (22 5/16 x 16 3/4 in.). Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2018.31. CC0.
Morphine Addict
1897
Eugène Grasset
Eugène Grasset (French, 1841–1917)
Prints
L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard: Morphine Addict, 1897. Eugène Grasset (French, 1841–1917), printed by Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936), published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867–1939). Color lithograph; image: 41.3 x 31.2 cm (16 1/4 x 12 5/16 in.); sheet: 56.7 x 42.5 cm (22 5/16 x 16 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 2018.31 Eugène Grasset was best known for idealized and decorative images of women. This lithograph, however, focuses on a darker theme—morphine addiction. A young woman is shown at the height of withdrawal as she injects herself with the drug. The syringe was invented just a few decades prior, and its inclusion was meant to give the image a sense of modernity.
Image: 41.3 x 31.2 cm (16 1/4 x 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 56.7 x 42.5 cm (22 5/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Inscribed
Inscription: Signed in graphite, lower right: Grasset Inscription: in plate, lower left: monogram of the artist Inscription: collector’s mark, lower right: Dr. Albin Woldemar von Dietel (L. 2772b)