id:			149638
accession number:	1979.36
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.36
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:43.808000

Secretary (Secrétaire), c. 1800. Attributed to Bernard Molitor (French, 1755–1833). Mahogany on oak carcass, ormolu mounts, marble top; overall: 144.6 x 103.5 x 46.1 cm (56 15/16 x 40 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection 1979.36

title:				Secretary (Secrétaire)
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 1800
creation date earliest:		1795
creation date latest:		1805
current location:		202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
creditline:			The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	mahogany on oak carcass, ormolu mounts, marble top
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Bernard Molitor (French, 1755–1833)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 144.6 x 103.5 x 46.1 cm (56 15/16 x 40 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1979
	opening date:   1980-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1979</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Wildenstein); Akram Ojjeh; (Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Monaco).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection is on View in Year in Review Exhibition,” February 7, 1980, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr2737

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 35, p. 68; Mentioned: p. 59
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159667

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1979.36/1979.36_full.tif