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accession number: 1980.281
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Still Life with Dead Birds and a Basket of Oysters, c. 1860–80. Germain Ribot (French, 1845–1893). Oil on fabric; unframed: 46 x 55.3 cm (18 1/8 x 21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.281
title: Still Life with Dead Birds and a Basket of Oysters
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creation date: c. 1860–80
creation date earliest: 1860
creation date latest: 1880
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creditline: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: oil on fabric
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Germain Ribot (French, 1845–1893) - artist
Germain Théodore Ribot was the son of the more famous Théodule-Augustin Ribot (q.v.), and brother of Louise-Aimée (1857-1916), also a painter. Germain-Théodore studied with his father and then with Antoine Vollon (1833-1900). He first participated in the Salon of 1875 and continued to do so through the end of the decade. His style and subject matter are difficult to distinguish from that of his father. Germain painted genre scenes and still lifes but also flower paintings, rare in his father's oeuvre. He may also, together with his sister, have worked on his father's paintings.
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measurements: Unframed: 46 x 55.3 cm (18 1/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: Germain Ribot
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900
opening date: 1980-11-12T05:00:00
The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 12, 1980-January 18, 1981).
title: Year in Review: 1980
opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00
Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
title: Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art
opening date: 2012-09-26T00:00:00
Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art. Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (organizer) (September 2-December 2, 2012).
title: Théodule Ribot (1823-1891): A Delightful Darkness
opening date: 2021-10-16T04:00:00
Théodule Ribot (1823-1891): A Delightful Darkness. Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France (October 16, 2021-January 2, 2022) https://www.augustins.org/en/exhibition-theodule-ribot; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, Marseille, France (February 10-May 15, 2022); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France (organizer) (June 11-October 2, 2022) https://mba.caen.fr/exposition/theodule-ribot.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA. Chardin and the Still-Life Tradition in France (1979), 56, 86, 90, no. 24 (repr. in color).', 'opening_date': '1979-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA; Brooklyn Museum; Saint Louis Art Museum; Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum. The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830-1900 (1980-82), 240, no. 211 (repr.). Text by Gabriel P. Weisberg.', 'opening_date': '1900-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN (8/26/2012 - 11/15/2012): "Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art", ex. cat, no. 62, p. 182-183.', 'opening_date': '2012-08-26T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
K. Wyndham. Sale, London, Christie's, 1 April 1977 (lot 105, repr.), Huîtres et perdrix, for £1,700 to Shepherd Gallery, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 540-541, Vol. II, no. 188
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Delapierre, Emmanuelle. "Dans la Cuisine de Ribot: le Realisme de l'Objet." In Théodule Ribot, 1823-1891: Une Délicieuse Obscurité. Emmanuelle Delapierre, Luc Georget, Gabriel Weisberg, eds., 58-117. Paris: LienArt, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 102-103, no. 24
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.281/1980.281_web.jpg
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