id:			108577
accession number:	1926.274
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.274
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Seated Nude, fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Brown, white, and black chalk; sheet: 41.9 x 31.9 cm (16 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King 1926.274

title:				Seated Nude
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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 Mrs. Ralph King
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culture:	France, late 19th-early 20th Century
technique:	brown, white, and black chalk
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: 41.9 x 31.9 cm (16 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)
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	description:	pink modern laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in black chalk: forain ; VERSO, lower right, in black crayon?: 400
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

* CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery XVI" (Apr. 30-June 16, 1954).<br>CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Jan. 14-Apr. 26, 1953).<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, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Jan. 13-Apr. 26, 1948).<br>CMA, "Drawings in Gallery VIII" (June 10-Oct. 20, 1947).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 12, 1946-Apr. 20, 1947).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 16, 1945-Apr. 21, 1946).<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 by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection" (June 21-Sep. 30, 1938).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Oct. 8-Nov. 7, 1937).<br>CMA, Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections (July 12-Sep. 15, 1935).

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