id:			134248
accession number:	1956.729
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.729
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:40.951000

"The German troups received the formal order to spare private property", fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Black crayon and brush and brown, gray and red wash, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 31.9 x 47.8 cm (12 9/16 x 18 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.729

title:				"The German troups received the formal order to spare private property"
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series:				
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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:			The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
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culture:	France, late 19th-early 20th Century
technique:	black crayon and brush and brown, gray and red wash, heightened with white gouache
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: 31.9 x 47.8 cm (12 9/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
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	description:	cream(1) modern laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in graphite: forain ; VERSO, along lower edge, in graphite: Après Douai - "Les troupes allemandes ont reçu l'ordre le plus formel d'épargner la propriété privée."  [Solf.?]   " Sans doute, l'ordre n'était / pas encore arrivé." ; lower right, in graphite: A2185
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Drawings from the Collection
	opening date:   1994-12-13T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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

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PROVENANCE

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.729/1956.729_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.729/1956.729_print.jpg
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