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Il Serait si doux d'aimer (To Love Would Not Be So Sweet)
Il Serait si doux d'aimer (To Love Would Not Be So Sweet)

Il Serait si doux d'aimer (To Love Would Not Be So Sweet)

Artist (French, 1871–1958)
Date1922
MediumEtching and aquatint on laid paper
DimensionsImage: 22 5/8 x 16 inches (57.5 x 40.6 cm);
Sheet: 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (64.8 x 50.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Terms
  • Aquatint
  • Etching
  • Children
  • Female nudes
  • Love
  • Mother and child
  • Women
  • laid
  • French
Object number70.001.013
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