id:			98001
accession number:	1917.630
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.630
updated:		2025-09-04 11:12:03.254000

Dawn, 1912. Chester Beach (American, 1881–1956). Marble; overall: 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.); without base: 35.6 cm (14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1917.630

title:				Dawn
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creation date:			1912
creation date earliest:		1912
creation date latest:		1912
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creditline:			Anonymous Gift
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culture:	America
technique:	marble
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Chester Beach (American, 1881–1956)  - sculptor

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measurements: Overall: 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.); without base: 35.6 cm (14 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed on side: CB (monogram) Roma 1912
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sculpture of Our Time
	opening date:   1937-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Sculpture of Our Time</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 5, 1937).

	title:		The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930
	opening date:   1986-08-12T04:00:00
	<i>The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12-October 19, 1986).

	title:		Rodin and America: Influence and Adaptation 1876-1936
	opening date:   2011-10-05T00:00:00
	<i>Rodin and America: Influence and Adaptation 1876-1936</i>. Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University (organizer) (October 5, 2011-January 1, 2012).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Solender, Katherine. The American Way in Sculpture, 1890-1930. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	cat. #30, p. 34, repr.
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	Barryte, Bernard, and Roberta K. Tarbell. Rodin and America: Influence and Adaptation, 1876-1936. Stanford, CA: Iris &amp; B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, 2011.
	page number: 	cat. no. 89, p. 128-129.
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	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 64
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136092

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