id:			166631
accession number:	2008.352
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Head of a Young Man (Study for L'Oiseau de passage), 1853. Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866). Graphite and red chalk with stylus heightened with white on off-white woven paper; sheet: 23.6 x 16.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.352

title:				Head of a Young Man (Study for L'Oiseau de passage)
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creation date:			1853
creation date earliest:		1853
creation date latest:		1853
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	graphite and red chalk with stylus heightened with white on off-white woven paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866)  - artist
Gavarni captured the private lives of Parisians in the over 4,000 illustrations he produced for journals and magazines.
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measurements: Sheet: 23.6 x 16.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
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	description:	beige wove paper coated with a light gray ground, mounted along right edge to multi-ply board
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	inscription:	across bottom, in graphite: Etude pour l'Oiseau de passage (Planche 20 des Partageuses.); verso, lower right, in graphite: 38-40; lower left, in graphite: gris bleu / noir; on secondary support, lower right, in graphite: jeunehomme / couché; verso of secondary support, upper right, in graphite: Helleu; center right, in black chalk: Vente goncourt / [illegible]; lower left, in blue ink: Etude pour "oiseau de passage", planche 20 des Partageuses / provient du grenier - Vente Goncourt. Collection de peintre Helleu / Racheté à Mlle ["lle" underlined] Paulette Helleu 1933.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Winter Exhibition 1974, Shepherd Gallery, New York (1974), no cat.', 'opening_date': '1974-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, Paris (Lugt and Lugt Suppl. 1089, lower right, in black ink); [their sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (30 April-1 May 1897), lot 7]. Paul-César Helleu (1859-1927) (according to inscription on verso of mount); Paulette Helleu (according to inscription on verso of mount). [B. G. Verte (Georges Martin du Nord), Paris]; [from whom purchased in 1973 by Shepherd Gallery, New York]; purchased in 1974.
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CITATIONS

	Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 37, p. 84-85, Reproduced: p. 85
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