↗France, late 19th century-early 20th century · c. 1915–26
Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
Claude Monet
ARTWORK STUDY
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France · 1930
Stairway with Figure
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- Crayon and pencil on paper
- Dimensions
- Not listed in the source consulted
- Country / context
- France
- Movement / tradition
- European and American art
- Collection
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Attribution / role
- Museum attribution
- Pathway
- European and American art ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
This paper drawing records crayon and pencil as its materials. Its comparison with Marcoussis’s prints is useful because a drawn line and a printed line are produced differently, even when both organise an image through edges and planes.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordPlace in the artist’s career
The 1920 Bar combines several intaglio methods; the oil Night Café develops related spatial problems through colour; the 1930 Stairway uses crayon and pencil on paper. Compare printed tonal grain, painted planes and directly drawn lines. A later monochrome drawing does not mean the artist had rejected colour; it reflects a different material and project.
The artist’s practice
Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.
Media and surface
Aquatint, etching, oil and direct crayon drawing offer distinct routes through compressed space.
Marks and structure
Intersecting planes and overlapping signs maintain Cubist relations between objects and setting.
Palette and light
Printed grain, drawn tone and painted colour articulate similar spatial problems with different means.
A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
