id:			131761
accession number:	1954.337
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.337
updated:		2025-05-09 14:00:47.536000

Bastille Day, 1892. Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858–1924). Color monotype; image: 17.4 x 13.1 cm (6 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.); platemark: 25.5 x 20 cm (10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.); sheet: 30.5 x 24.8 cm (12 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1954.337

title:				Bastille Day
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creation date:			1892
creation date earliest:		1892
creation date latest:		1892
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	America
technique:	color monotype
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Monotype
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858–1924)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 17.4 x 13.1 cm (6 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.); Platemark: 25.5 x 20 cm (10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 30.5 x 24.8 cm (12 x 9 3/4 in.)
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	description:	cream laid paper
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	inscription:	inscribed, at bottom in image: Le Quatorze Juillet 1892; initialed, at lower right in image: MBP [in monogram]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Maurice Prendergast: 1859-1924
	opening date:   1960-10-26T04:00:00
	<i>Maurice Prendergast: 1859-1924</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 21-July 30, 1961).

	title:		What Was the Armory Show?
	opening date:   1963-06-27T04:00:00
	<i>What Was the Armory Show?</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 27-September 15, 1963).

	title:		The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review
	opening date:   1970-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).

	title:		The Painterly Print
	opening date:   1980-05-01T04:00:00
	<i>The Painterly Print</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (May 1-June 29, 1980); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (July 29-September 28, 1980).

	title:		Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   1991-04-02T05:00:00
	<i>Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

	title:		Singular Impressions:  The Monotype in America
	opening date:   1997-04-04T00:00:00
	<i>Singular Impressions:  The Monotype in America</i>. National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC (April 4-August 3, 1997).

	title:		Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2014-03-09T00:00:00
	<i>Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).

	title:		Monotypes: Painterly Prints
	opening date:   2015-05-31T00:00:00
	<i>Monotypes: Painterly Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 31-October 11, 2015).

	title:		A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   2019-05-05T04:00:00
	<i>A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Peter H. Deitsch, New York, NY, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?-1954
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	Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1954
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1954-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Glaubinger, Jane. “Unique Prints. The museum collection contains a wealth of monotypes, one-off prints that embody creative exploration.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 55, no. 3 (May/June 2015): 6-8.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 6; Mentioned: p. 7.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2015-03

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IMAGES

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