id:			125011
accession number:	1946.447.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.447.b
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:04.219000

Sketch of a Hand (verso), 1700s. Pierre Lenfant (French, 1704–1787). Black chalk; sheet: 20.1 x 20.4 cm (7 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Victor Spark, New York 1946.447.b

title:				Sketch of a Hand (verso)
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series:				
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1704
creation date latest:		1787
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Victor Spark, New York
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	black chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Pierre Lenfant (French, 1704–1787)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 20.1 x 20.4 cm (7 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	beige(1) laid paper
	watermarks:	

inscriptions:

	inscription:	center left, in graphite: 35_36 [sideways] ; center left, in graphite: IXI [sideways]
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Eighteenth Century Masterpieces
	opening date:   1952-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Eighteenth Century Masterpieces</i>. Society of the Four Arts (organizer) (December 12, 1952-January 4, 1953).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'for recto:', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).', 'opening_date': '1994-12-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '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).', 'opening_date': '1985-10-12T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, 17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings (May 31-Aug. 19, 1979).', 'opening_date': '1979-05-31T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Gallery List of Drawings" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).', 'opening_date': '1963-01-11T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Aspects of Drawing (Jan. 10-Apr. 2, 1961).', 'opening_date': '1961-01-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition (Mar. 3, 1958-Oct. 11, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1958-03-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director\'s Corridor in Old Building" (closed Mar. 13, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-03-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Palm Beach, Fla., Society of the Four Arts, French Masterpieces of the Eighteenth Century (Dec. 12, 1952-Jan. 4, 1953), no. 26.', 'opening_date': '1952-12-12T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Director\'s Corridor" (from June 30, 1950 (all drawings taken down from walls June 27-30, 1950, for cleaning)).', 'opening_date': '1930-06-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "hung Director\'s Corridor" (May 10, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1950-05-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "hung Gallery II" (Jan. 11, 1949).', 'opening_date': '1949-01-11T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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IMAGES

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