id:			166638
accession number:	2008.359
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.359
updated:		2025-03-05 12:07:41.486000

Notre-Dame de Paris, c. 1881. Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846–1920). Pen and black ink, brush and black wash, white gouache and graphite on paper; sheet: 32.6 x 21.7 cm (12 13/16 x 8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.359

title:				Notre-Dame de Paris
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 1881
creation date earliest:		1876
creation date latest:		1886
current location:		
creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	pen and black ink, brush and black wash, white gouache and graphite on paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846–1920)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 32.6 x 21.7 cm (12 13/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	light brown wove paper (a multi-ply board)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in black ink: Luc Olivier Merson; verso, lower center, in graphite: [S Fauti?] J [Dumoni?] 4; lower center, in graphite: [torchon?] / [illegible] Bristol blanc style ancien; lower center, in graphite: 56 - 42 Cadre
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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).

	title:		Fairy Tales and Fables: Illustration and Storytelling in Art
	opening date:   2024-05-04T04:00:00
	<i>Fairy Tales and Fables: Illustration and Storytelling in Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 4-September 8, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(sale, Hôtel Georges V, Paris, June 25, 1975, no. 106)
	date: 1975
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->As <em>Les Tours de Notre-Dame</em>.</div>
			
			
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	(sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 14, 1976, no. 263, sold to Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH)
	date: 1976
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->As <em>Gargoyles and Ravens.</em></div>
			
			
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	Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976-2008
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2008-
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RELATED WORKS

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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>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 122-23, 143-44, no. 56; Reproduced: p. 123
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	<em>Dessins et aquarelles du XIXe siècle. </em>Paris: Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes, 2021.
	page number: 	Reproduced: under no. 42
	url:		

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