id:			149299
accession number:	1978.131
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.131
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:09.273000

Interior of a Butcher Shop, c. 1881. Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844–1925). Charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support); sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); secondary support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Muriel S. Butkin 1978.131

title:				Interior of a Butcher Shop
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1881
creation date earliest:		1876
creation date latest:		1886
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Muriel S. Butkin
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844–1925)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	two sheets of laid paper (joined) laid down on beige(1) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower left, in charcoal: L. Lhermitte
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1978
	opening date:   1979-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1978</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

	title:		The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900
	opening date:   1980-11-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 12, 1980-January 18, 1981); The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (March 7-May 10, 1981); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (July 23-September 20, 1981); Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (November 5, 1981-January 4, 1982).

	title:		French Drawings from the Collection
	opening date:   1994-12-13T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).<br>CMA; Brooklyn (N.Y.) Museum of Art; St. Louis Art Museum; Glasgow Museum and Art Galleries, The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830-1900 (1980-81; Mar. 7-June 7, 1981; July 23-Sep. 27, 1981; Nov. 5, 1981-Jan. 4, 1982), no. 176, illus.<br>CMA, 17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings (May 31-Aug. 19, 1979). <br>CMA, Year in Review for 1978 (Feb. 13-Mar. 18, 1979), cma Bulletin 66 (1979), p. 44 no. 68, illus. p. 20.

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
The French writer Théodore de Banville described Léon Lhermitte's drawings, saying that "In his hands charcoal and black chalk are like magical tools."

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