Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Salamander)

1899/1908

Dating: Date range
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Brush and black ink, gold metallic ink, and watercolor on semi-transparent tan wove paper
Dimensions: 8.3 × 17 cm (3 5/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Collection no.: 2011.624.2
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Salamander) — Theodore Roussel. 1899/1908.

Medium: Brush and black ink, gold metallic ink, and watercolor on semi-transparent tan wove paper. Dimensions: 8.3 × 17 cm (3 5/16 × 6 3/4 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Roussel created two variant emblems for the blank cartouche at top center—a cluster of silhouetted flowers resembling anemones, in black, and this salamander before a rising sun, rendered in colors that include metallic pigment.

Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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