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accession number:	1974.234
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Carmen, last half 1800s. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898). Black crayon; sheet: 31.4 x 24.1 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); secondary support: 33.4 x 24.9 cm (13 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Lewis B. Williams 1974.234

title:				Carmen
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creation date:			last half 1800s
creation date earliest:		1824
creation date latest:		1898
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Lewis B. Williams
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	black crayon
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898)  - artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was born into a bourgeois family. His father intended his son to enroll at the École Polytechnique in Paris. After a prolonged illness, however, Puvis instead entered the Faculté de Droit. He became interested in art during a trip to Italy in 1846, and the following year he began studying with Henri Scheffer (1798-1862). Puvis returned to Italy in 1848 with Louis Bauderon de Vermeron (1809-1870), where he became interested in the art of mural painting. He entered the atelier of Delacroix (q.v.) for only two weeks, and later that of Couture (q.v.) for three months. Yet, Puvis's chief method of study was to work independently after live models. He was accepted in the Salon of 1850, but his submissions from 1852 through 1859 were rejected. In 1854-55 he decorated the dining room at his brother's country house, Le Brouchy, near Cuiseaux. He won a second-class medal at the Salon of 1861 for Concordia (Musée de Picardie, Amiens), which was purchased by the state. Inspired by the frescoes of Pompeii and by Piero della Francesca's Legend of the True Cross in Arezzo, Puvis pursued his interest in mural painting with great success. He received commissions to create works for the Palais des Arts in Lyons, the Pantheon and the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, the Boston Public Library, and many others. The artist strove to integrate his mural paintings with the surrounding architecture and to maintain the integrity of the flat wall surface by using broad areas of subdued color. In 1890, together with Meissonier (q.v.) and Rodin (1840-1917), Puvis founded the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, as a more progressive alternative for the regular Salon. Puvis's art had a significant impact on later artists, particularly the symbolists.
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measurements: Sheet: 31.4 x 24.1 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 33.4 x 24.9 cm (13 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
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	description:	beige modern? laid paper, faded? to beige(1) in area of image and discolored to light brown in margin, laid down on beige(1) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	by artist, upper left, in black crayon: F ; by artist, upper right, in black crayon: Carmen / 67 [rue ?] Lepic ; lower left, in graphite: 38 ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, center, in graphite: D6190 / de mildew / Hinged mat / 252W [sideways] ; lower center, in graphite: Refit [Ge ?] fur / save all old / stickers / 252W
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Year in Review for 1974 (Mar. 11-Apr. 6, 1975), cma Bulletin 62 (1975), p. 100 no. 102, illus. p. 81.', 'opening_date': '1975-03-11T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	estate of the artist, Paris (Lugt 2104, lower right, in black ink).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (March 1975): 62–102.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 81; Mentioned: p. 100, no. 102
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580

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