id:			147435
accession number:	1973.174
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.174
updated:		2025-03-15 11:04:46.517000

Monumental Sculpture in a Moonlit Park, c. 1842?. Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, 1762–1844). Black chalk with blue gouache, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 32.3 x 45.3 cm (12 11/16 x 17 13/16 in.); secondary support: 43.2 x 57.1 cm (17 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1973.174

title:				Monumental Sculpture in a Moonlit Park
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creation date:			c. 1842?
creation date earliest:		1837
creation date latest:		1847
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creditline:			Delia E. Holden Fund
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culture:	Italy, 19th century
technique:	black chalk with blue gouache, heightened with white gouache
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, 1762–1844)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 32.3 x 45.3 cm (12 11/16 x 17 13/16 in.); Secondary Support: 43.2 x 57.1 cm (17 x 22 1/2 in.)
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	description:	blue laid paper perimeter mounted to a false margin of cream(3) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in black chalk: Bison ; VERSO, center right, in graphite: [P?]INK / F/M L/W
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).

	title:		18th Century Master Drawings
	opening date:   1981-10-06T04:00:00
	<i>18th Century Master Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).

	title:		Nocturnal Impressions
	opening date:   1985-02-20T05:00:00
	<i>Nocturnal Impressions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 12, 1985).

	title:		Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection
	opening date:   1990-08-07T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Nocturnal Impressions (Feb. 27-May 12, 1985).', 'opening_date': '1985-02-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Eighteenth-Century Master Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 6-Nov. 22, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-10-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Year in Review for 1973" (Jan. 30-Mar. 17, 1974), cma Bulletin 61 (1974), p. 74 no. 51, illus. p. 49.', 'opening_date': '1974-01-30T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	unidentified collector (stamp: [DF] lower right, in purple ink). [Herbert N. Bier] (according to departmental card)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“The Year in Review for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 2 (February 1974): 31–78.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 49: Mentioned: p. 74, no. 51
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

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IMAGES

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