id:			128479
accession number:	1951.416
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.416
updated:		2025-02-09 01:37:55.843000

Ava Mendelsohn, fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Pastel; sheet: 31.5 x 26.1 cm (12 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Edward B. Greene 1951.416

title:				Ava Mendelsohn
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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 Edward B. Greene
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culture:	France, late 18th-early 19th Century
technique:	pastel
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: 31.5 x 26.1 cm (12 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
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	description:	gray-green modern laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in black chalk: forain
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Drawings
	opening date:   1963-01-11T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).

	title:		The Vocabulary of Prints
	opening date:   1975-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>The Vocabulary of Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 29-December 31, 1975).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, "Gallery J--Drawings" (July 29, 1975-Feb. 1976?) (is among a list of drawings in Gallery J, this list being found at the end of a list of prints that were in other galleries from July 29, 1975-Feb. 1976 for a little show called "The Vocabulary of Prints"--see exhs. file).', 'opening_date': '1975-07-29T00:00:00'}

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

* {'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': 'CMA, "French Drawings, Gallery XVI" (Mar. 2-June 15, 1955).', 'opening_date': '1955-03-02T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery XVI" (Apr. 30-June 16, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1954-04-30T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Nov. 22, 1953-Apr. 25, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1953-11-22T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Aug. 5-Sep. 28, 1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-08-05T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (Jan. 14-Mar. 4, 1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-14T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Recent Accessions Tea" (Mar. 30, 1952) (an Aug. 11, 1952 memo from exh. file states that this drawing has "been removed from the Recent Accessions Gallery to storage").', 'opening_date': '1952-03-30T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[sale Marcel Guiot, Paris, July 1937, no. 53](according to departmental cataloging sheet)
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