(Paris, France, 1898 - 1954, Dorset, Vermont)
1948
Maroger on paper
5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of the estate of Felicia Meyer Marsh
1979.6
The Maroger medium was discovered by Jacques Maroger, former technical director of the Louvre laboratory, who believed that he had rediscovered the medium used by Jan van Eyck. This medium seemed to have more translucency than modern oil. From 1945 onward, Marsh utilized this technique.