id:			124032
accession number:	1944.516
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.516
updated:		2023-03-08 11:50:28.380000

Evening at the Window, 1884. Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911). Etching and drypoint; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1944.516

title:				Evening at the Window
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1884
creation date earliest:		1884
creation date latest:		1884
current location:		
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	etching and drypoint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Drypoint
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bliss 260

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CREATORS

* Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911)  - artist

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measurements: 
state of the work:	III/III
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, in pencil, at lower right: A. Legros
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Francis Edward Bliss (1847-1930; L. 265), London
	date: ?-?
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	Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-1944
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1944-
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fun fact:
Alphonse Legros taught for nearly two decades as a professor of fine arts at the Slade School in London and was the first to add etching to its curriculum.

digital description:
This etching is one of more than 600 that Alphonse Legros created throughout his career. He favored this technique, which allowed artists to sketch on a copper plate as if drawing on paper, for its spontaneity. Legros often worked directly on the plate, crossing off portions to be trimmed away as he went. In this image of a man staring through an open window, Legros scribbled along the upper and lower margins to give the composition a more specific focus.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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IMAGES

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