id:			150070
accession number:	1980.276
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.276
updated:		2025-06-05 11:07:15.370000

Allegory of Fishing, c. 1840. James Pradier (Swiss, 1790–1852). Bronze; overall: 50.1 x 16.5 x 14.4 cm (19 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.276

title:				Allegory of Fishing
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creation date:			c. 1840
creation date earliest:		1835
creation date latest:		1845
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creditline:			Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	bronze
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* James Pradier (Swiss, 1790–1852)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 50.1 x 16.5 x 14.4 cm (19 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
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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:		Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention
	opening date:   1987-04-07T04:00:00
	<i>Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-May 17, 1987).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1981:  "Year in Review 1980," Bulletin, LXVIII (June 1981), p. 212, cat. no. 63, repr. p. 168', 'opening_date': '1981-06-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 168; Mentioned: p. 212, no. 63
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730

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IMAGES

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