id:			106233
accession number:	1924.328
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.328
updated:		2023-12-01 18:32:42.170000

An Idyll, fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Black crayon; sheet: 43.6 x 27.9 cm (17 3/16 x 11 in.); image: 19 x 20 cm (7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1924.328

title:				An Idyll
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creation date:			fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s
creation date earliest:		1852
creation date latest:		1931
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creditline:			Gift of Ralph King
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culture:	France, late 19th-early 20th Century
technique:	black crayon
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 43.6 x 27.9 cm (17 3/16 x 11 in.); Image: 19 x 20 cm (7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) modern laid paper, slightly discolored in area of image
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	inscription:	signed lower right, in black crayon: forain ; upper left, in graphite: 12 ; lower left, in graphite: C.B.E. ; lower left, in graphite: 115 ; lower left, in graphite: Une-idylle ; lower left, in graphite: TP ; lower right, in graphite: 125 ; VERSO, lower right, in graphite: Idylle ; lower right, in graphite: [illegible] [cropped along torn lower edge] ; lower right, in graphite: 28 + 44 ; lower right, in graphite: [xee ?]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1937-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937).

	title:		Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1940-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940).

	title:		French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections
	opening date:   1942-01-06T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Pepper Pike, Ohio, Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College; Lakewood, Ohio, Kenneth C. Beck Center, Drawing: A Line of Departure (Oct. 12-Dec. 15, 1985; Sep. 7-Nov. 3, 1986).<br>CMA, "French Prints and Drawings, Gallery XVI" (Feb. 29-June 14, 1956).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (June 15-Aug. 10, 1954).<br>CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery XVI" (Apr. 30-June 16, 1954).<br>CMA, "Drawings, Gallery XVI" (May 6-June 14, 1953).<br>CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Jan. 14-Apr. 26, 1953).<br>CMA, "Drawings in Gallery IX" (Oct. 7-Dec. 1, 1952).<br>CMA, "Drawings in Gallery VIII" (Jan. 29-Apr. 7, 1952).<br>CMA, "Museum Drawings, Gallery VIII" (June 12-Nov. 7, 1951).<br>CMA, "Drawings in Gallery VIII" (June 14-Dec. 5, 1950).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (June 15, 1949-Apr. 24, 1950).<br>CMA, "hung Gallery VIII" (Jan. 5, 1949).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (July 3-Nov. 7, 1948).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Jan. 13-Apr. 26, 1948).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 14-Sep. 28, 1944).<br>CMA, French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections (among CMA drawings supplementing this show) (Jan. 6-Feb. 15, 1942).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 11-Oct. 3, 1940).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Oct. 8-Nov. 7, 1937).<br>CMA, "75 Drawings from the Collection" (Feb. 10-Apr. 28, 1937).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Tea-Room" (May 21-Dec. 8, 1936).<br>CMA, "Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection" (June 5, 1930-Jan. 9, 1931; Feb. 20-Mar. 15, 1931; June 10, 1931-Jan. 16, 1932).<br>CMA, An Exhibition of Drawings (1924), cma Bulletin 11 (1924), p. 142.

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