id:			165690
accession number:	2007.93
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.93
updated:		2023-01-11 17:14:12.631000

The Spirit of the Staircase, 1949. Marcel Mariën (Belgian, 1920–1993). Gelatin silver print; image: 12.7 x 8.8 cm (5 x 3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2007.93 © Marcel Mariën Estate

title:				The Spirit of the Staircase
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creation date:			1949
creation date earliest:		1949
creation date latest:		1949
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Marcel Mariën Estate

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culture:	Belgium, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - Misc. 20th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Marcel Mariën (Belgian, 1920–1993)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 12.7 x 8.8 cm (5 x 3 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Begierde im Blick: Surrealistische Fotografie
	opening date:   2009-05-11T04:00:00
	<i>Begierde im Blick: Surrealistische Fotografie</i>. Hamburger Kunsthalle (May 11-29, 2009).

	title:		Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography
	opening date:   2014-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Michael Hoppen Gallery, London)
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	David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2007-
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography : the David Raymond Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 134; mentioned p. 135; reproduced and mentioned: p. 226.
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	Schneede, Uwe M. Begierde im Blick: surrealistische Photographie. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 85, no. 199.
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