ROUSSEL, Ker-Xavier
(b. 1867, Lorry-les-Metz, d. 1944, L'Etang-la-Ville)

Training the Dog or In the Snow

1893
Colour lithograph, 328 x 192 mm
Private collection

Like the other Nabis, Roussel did not restrict himself to easel painting but also produced murals, stained glass and lithographs: the colour lithograph the Training the Dog, which he contributed to the anthology Amours (Paris, 1892-98) published by the dealer Ambroise Vollard, was the first of several such projects in which he developed the Symbolist character of his work.

This lithograph is printed in four colours: white, black, pale green and pinky beige, with plate tone in the margins, on cream wove paper.