id:			144648
accession number:	1969.276
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.276
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:24.390000

Sunset Over the Hill, last half 1800s. Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911). Watercolor and gouache; sheet: 44 x 36.4 cm (17 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.); secondary support: 44 x 36.4 cm (17 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Frederick M. Mayer 1969.276

title:				Sunset Over the Hill
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creation date:			last half 1800s
creation date earliest:		1837
creation date latest:		1911
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creditline:			Gift of Frederick M. Mayer
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	watercolor and gouache
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 44 x 36.4 cm (17 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 44 x 36.4 cm (17 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
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	description:	cream(1) laid paper lined with Japanese paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in brown ink: A. Legros [underlined] ; SECONDARY SUPPORT (fragment, now removed), in blue ink: A Legros . / Coucher / Coucher [crossed out] de soleil sur la colline
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		Brush Drawings
	opening date:   1981-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Brush Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 3-May 10, 1981).

	title:		Visions of Landscape: East and West
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of Landscape: East and West</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

	title:		The Impressionist Aesthetic
	opening date:   1982-08-10T04:00:00
	<i>The Impressionist Aesthetic</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Lepère, Legros, and Buhot (May 1-Sep. 23, 1984).', 'opening_date': '1984-05-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, The Impressionist Aesthetic (Aug. 10-Oct. 31, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-08-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Visions of Landscape: East and West (Feb. 17-Mar. 21, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-02-17T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Brush Drawings (Mar. 3-May 10, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-03-03T00:00:00'}

* {'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 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" (Dec. 1, 1970-Jan. 31, 1971; re-opened Mar. 16, 1971).', 'opening_date': '1970-12-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, The Year in Review for 1970 (Feb. 10-Mar. 7, 1971), cma Bulletin 58 (1971), p. 68 no. 88.', 'opening_date': '1971-02-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[Herbert N. Bier]
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