id:			155968
accession number:	1991.254
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.254
updated:		2020-11-04 21:33:54.589000

Prometheus. Pierre Roche (French, 1855-1922). Gypsograph; sheet: 32.5 x 47.5 cm (12 13/16 x 18 11/16 in.); image: 29.7 x 44.5 cm (11 11/16 x 17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Louise S. Richards 1991.254

title:				Prometheus
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creditline:			Gift of Louise S. Richards
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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	gypsograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Gypsograph
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Pierre Roche (French, 1855-1922)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 32.5 x 47.5 cm (12 13/16 x 18 11/16 in.); Image: 29.7 x 44.5 cm (11 11/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary
	opening date:   1992-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

	title:		Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01.  "Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".

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Since Roche was primarily a sculptor and ceramist,  he sought a more three-dimensional printmaking technique and experimented with the gypsograph, which is printed in relief. The figure of Prometheus (a Greek mythological figure punished by Zeus) appears to have been carved from the rocky outcropping behind it. At the same time, Roche created the effect of transparent water and reflection in the lower portion of the composition.
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