id:			140351
accession number:	1964.30
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.30
updated:		2024-09-10 11:37:48.341000

Arab Woman, c. 1852–53. Eugène Fromentin (French, 1820–1876). Black chalk, with red chalk,  heightened with white chalk; sheet: 34.3 x 22.5 cm (13 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.); secondary support: 36 x 24.1 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund 1964.30

title:				Arab Woman
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creation date:			c. 1852–53
creation date earliest:		1847
creation date latest:		1858
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creditline:			L. E. Holden Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	black chalk, with red chalk,  heightened with white chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Eugène Fromentin (French, 1820–1876)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 34.3 x 22.5 cm (13 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.); Secondary Support: 36 x 24.1 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
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	description:	blue wove(?) paper laid down on gray-blue wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Verso of secondary support, lower left, in graphite: # [4?]6
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	inscription:	lower left, in graphite: FROMENTIN. Eugene / 1820-1876
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	inscription:	lower center, in graphite: 2)
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	inscription:	lower right, in graphite: [dunkle?] / white
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1964-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

	title:		French Drawings
	opening date:   1965-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1965-February 16, 1966).

	title:		National Schools of Style
	opening date:   1983-06-14T04:00:00
	<i>National Schools of Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

	title:		Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure
	opening date:   1991-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).

	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'}

* {'description': 'CMA, National Schools of Style (June 14-Sep. 18, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1983-06-14T00:00:00'}

* {'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" (opened Dec. 1, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-12-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, French Drawings (Nov. 10, 1965-Feb. 16, 1966; re-opened Mar. 31, 1966).', 'opening_date': '1965-11-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, The Year in Review for 1964 (Dec. 8, 1964-Feb. 17, 1965), cma Bulletin 51 (1964), p. 265 no. 117, illus. p. 245.', 'opening_date': '1964-12-08T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[Sale of artist's estate, Hôtel Drouot), Paris, France
	date: January 30–February 3, 1877
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	Hugo Fleischhauer, Stuttgart, Germany
	date: ?–?
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: February 22, 1964–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Year in Review for 1964.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 51, no. 10 (1964).
	page number: 	p. 265, no. 117, repr. p. 245
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152021.

	Cable, Patrick Shaw. “From North Africa to the Black Sea: Nineteenth-Century French Orientalist Drawings.” <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art</em> 7 (2002): 104–125.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 112, fig. 7
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/20079721

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IMAGES

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