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accession number:	2008.378.a
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Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge" (recto), c. 1816. Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824), after Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite; sheet: 18 x 26.2 cm (7 1/16 x 10 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.378.a

title:				Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge" (recto)
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creation date:			c. 1816
creation date earliest:		1811
creation date latest:		1821
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824)  - artist

* Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 18 x 26.2 cm (7 1/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Master Drawings by Géricault
	opening date:   1985-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Master Drawings by Géricault</i>. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (June 7-July 31, 1985); San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA (August 31-October 20, 1985); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (November 9, 1985-January 5, 1986).

	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': 'Théodore Géricault 1791-1824, Marlborough Fine Art Limited, London (1952), 28, no. 68;', 'opening_date': '1952-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Non-Dissenters: Fifth Exhibition Marking Our Tenth Anniversary, Shepherd Gallery, New York (1976), no. 90, repr.;', 'opening_date': '1976-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Philippe Grunchec, Master Drawings by Gericault, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and tour (Washington: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985), 47-48, no. 9, repr.;', 'opening_date': '1985-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Copier Créer de Turner à Picasso: 300 oeuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre, Musée du Louvre, Paris (Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1993), 174, no. 108, repr.', 'opening_date': '1993-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Unidentified collector's mark upper left; Coutan Hauguet Schubert Milliet collection (Lugt 464, stamped, lower left, in brown ink); [sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (16-17 December 1889), 50 no. 194: "Scène de Déluge. Etude d'apres Le Poussin. Dessin à la plume et à la sépia."]; Charmettant (according to Bazin, Charmettant purchased at Coutan-Hauguet sale for 80 francs). Marietta Peabody Tree and Ronald Tree [their sale, Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, New York (8-9 October 1976), no. 197, repr.]; [Shepherd Gallery, New York]; purchased in 1976.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Géricault, Théodore, and Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. <em>Théodore Géricault, 1791-1824 : [exhibition] October-November, 1952, Marlborough Fine Art Limited</em>. London: Marlborough Fine Art, 1952.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 68, p. 28
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	Shepherd Gallery. <em>Non-Dissenters : One Hundred and Seventy French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors</em>. New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1976.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 90, Reproduced
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	Grunchec, Philippe, and Théodore Géricault. <em>Master Drawings by Géricault</em>. Washington, D.C.: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985.
	page number: 	Referenced: no. 9, p. 47-48
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	Musée du Louvre, and Réunion des musées nationaux (France). <em>Copier créer: de Turner à Picasso : 300 œuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre : Musée du Louvre, Paris, 26 avril-26 juillet 1993</em>. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 108, p. 174. Reproduced
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	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 26, p. 62-63
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