id:			166514
accession number:	2008.293.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.293.a
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:11.403000

Snuff Box, 1805. Jean-Urbain Guérin (French, 1760–1836). Watercolor on ivory mounted on a box; box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.293.a

title:				Snuff Box
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creation date:			1805
creation date earliest:		1805
creation date latest:		1805
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	watercolor on ivory mounted on a box
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Miniature
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CREATORS

* Jean-Urbain Guérin (French, 1760–1836)  - artist

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measurements: Box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed, lower right: J. Guérin f
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
	opening date:   2013-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202): January 25, 2010 - April 27, 2010.', 'opening_date': '2010-01-25T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Muriel Butkin
	date: 2008    
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	Norton Galleries (New York, New York), sold to Noah L. or Muriel Butkin before 1975.
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	c. 1975-1980	Noah L. Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon his death, by inheritance to his wife, Muriel Butkin.
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	1980-2008	Muriel Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon her death, held in trust by the estate.
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	2008-2009	Estate of Muriel Butkin
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