id:			148325
accession number:	1975.5
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.5
updated:		2023-08-23 22:31:48.284000

Bust of a Lady (possibly Fanny Coleman), 1872. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875). Marble; overall: 83.2 x 58.5 x 39.4 cm (32 3/4 x 23 1/16 x 15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1975.5

title:				Bust of a Lady (possibly Fanny Coleman)
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creation date:			1872
creation date earliest:		1872
creation date latest:		1872
current location:		218 European Sculpture
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	marble
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: 83.2 x 58.5 x 39.4 cm (32 3/4 x 23 1/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	inscribed on base:  J. Bte CARPEAUX 1872.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1975
	opening date:   1976-02-03T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1975</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-March 7, 1976).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Paris, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, April-July 1933:  "Le Decor de la Vie sous la IIIe Republique," p. 110, no. 853.<br>CMA 1976:  "Year in Review 1975," Bulletin LXIII (February 1976), p. 65, #10, repr. p. 45.

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PROVENANCE

	Fanny Coleman (?), London;  [Leon Helft, Paris];  David Weill, Paris; [Heim Gallery, Paris]
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wall description:
Abandoning the strict frontality and symmetry of the neoclassical style, Carpeaux was instead inspired by French portrait busts of the 1600s and 1700s. This bust probably depicts Fanny Coleman, an English actress with whom Carpeaux may have had a romantic relationship. The turn of the head and the undulating drapery infuse the figure with a sense of drama. Patronized by Napoleon III, Carpeaux created the celebrated figural group <em>La Danse</em> for the facade of the Opera Garnier in Paris, a work renowned for its sensual nudes, but denounced by contemporaries as an affront to public decency.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 210
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n230

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