id:			150020
accession number:	1980.236
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.236
updated:		2023-04-23 11:15:57.750000

Study of a Plant, Possibly Thistle, 1862. Léon Bonvin (French, 1834–1866). Watercolor and pen and brown ink with white heightening; sheet: 25.3 x 29.5 cm (9 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.); secondary support: 25.3 x 29.5 cm (9 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.236

title:				Study of a Plant, Possibly Thistle
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creation date:			1862
creation date earliest:		1862
creation date latest:		1862
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creditline:			Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	Watercolor and pen and brown ink with white heightening
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Léon Bonvin (French, 1834–1866)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 25.3 x 29.5 cm (9 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 25.3 x 29.5 cm (9 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
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	description:	wove? paper, laid down on blue wove? paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower left, in brown ink: Léon Bonvin 1862
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

	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).

	title:		Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century
	opening date:   2004-08-15T00:00:00
	<i>Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).<br>CMA, Year in Review for 1980 (June 24-July 19, 1981), cma Bulletin 68 (1981), p. 215 no. 179, illus. p. 181.<br>CMA; Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, The Drawings and Watercolors of Léon Bonvin (Nov. 12, 1980-Jan. 18, 1981; Feb. 15-Mar. 27, 1981), no. 9, illus. p. 32.<br>Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century".  No exhibition catalogue.

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PROVENANCE

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Neglected within his own time, the watercolors of Bonvin have only come to be fully appreciated in the late 20th century. An artist with little formal training, Bonvin earned a living working in his family’s inn in Vaugirard, on the outskirts of Paris. The landscape near his home and studies of the inn’s garden became his themes.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Guichané, Maud, Gabriel P. Weisberg, Léon Bonvin, Jo Briggs, Ger Luijten, and Michèle Quentin. Drawn to the Everyday: Léon Bonvin 1834-1866 : Catalogue Raisonné. Paris : Fondation Custodia, 2022.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 138, no. 36; mentioned: p. 230, no. 36
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.236/1980.236_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.236/1980.236_full.tif