id:			147018
accession number:	1972.49
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.49
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:32.853000

Bust of a Chinese, 1867–68. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875). Plaster; overall: 35.5 x 25.8 x 14.2 cm (14 x 10 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.49

title:				Bust of a Chinese
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creation date:			1867–68
creation date earliest:		1867
creation date latest:		1868
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	plaster
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 35.5 x 25.8 x 14.2 cm (14 x 10 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	inset into bust near base at rear is struck copper plate inscribed:  "PROPRIETE CARPEAUX" with an eagle in the center.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1973:  "Year in Review 1972," Bulletin, LX (March 1973), repr. p. 81, cat. no. 8', 'opening_date': '1973-03-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[Nathan Chaikin, Switzerland].
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1972.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 3 (March 1973): 63–115.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 81; Mentioned: p. 106, no.8
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	Hawley, Henry H. “Carpeaux’s Mysterious Sculpture.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 4 (April 1976): 99–107.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 101-102, fig. 4
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152633

	Abe, Stanley K. <em>Imagining Sculpture: A Short Conjectural History</em>. Munich : Hirmer Verlag, 2022.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 180, fig. 14.1
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