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accession number:	2008.383
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Liberty, c. 1865–75. Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883). Brush and brown wash and gray and white gouache with graphite; sheet: 46.5 x 32.9 cm (18 5/16 x 12 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.383

title:				Liberty
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creation date:			c. 1865–75
creation date earliest:		1860
creation date latest:		1880
current location:		
creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	Brush and brown wash and gray and white gouache with graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	Drawings
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883)  - artist
French illustrator, painter and sculptor, best known for his illustrations of epic literature, such as those by Dante, Cervantes, Hugo, and Milton, as well as contemporary texts, such as those by Balzac. In 1872, he began to record the conditions of London slums. These engravings are rich in dramatic detail and show a harsh and nightmarish world. His work influenced that of Van Gough and later, the Symbolists.
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measurements: Sheet: 46.5 x 32.9 cm (18 5/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
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	description:	beige wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower right, in graphite: 186x48x63; stamped, lower right, in red ink: ATELIER / GDORE [circled]
	translation:	
	remark:		

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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

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Gustave Doré [1832-1883, L. 681a]
	date: by 1875-1883
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->Stamped at lower right, in red ink.</div>
			
			
	citations: 	


	(Hotel Drouot, Doré studio sale, Paris, April 13, 1885, no. 96)
	date: 1885
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			* <div><!--block-->As "La Liberté. Dessin au pinceau avec rehauts de blanc. Haut., 45 cent.; larg., 32 cent."</div>
			
			
	citations: 	


	(Hotel Drouot, Paris, June 22, 1989, no. 15)
	date: 1989
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->As "La Liberté brisant ses chaînes"</div>
			
			
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	(Galerie Jacques Fischer-Chantal Kiener, Paris, sold to Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH)
	date: 1989-1990
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	Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1990-2008
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2008
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CITATIONS

	Hotel Drouot, Paris. <em>Catalogue Des Tableaux...son atelier par feu Gustave Doré</em>. April 13, 1885. Lot 96.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 20
	url:		

	De Grazia, Diane. "Drawings in Cleveland: The Evolution of a Collection." In <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, 1-15. Diane De Grazia and Carter E. Foster, eds. Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in Association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 10, pp. 10-11
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	De Grazia, Diane. "The Evolution of a Collection: Drawings in Cleveland." <em>Master Drawings</em> 38, no. 3 (2000): 249-60.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 258
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	DeGrazia, Diane and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 11
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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: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 47, pp. 104-105
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	Zafran, Eric, ed. <em>Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré</em>. New York: Dahesh Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 40, p. 180;  Reproduced: fig. 35, p. 40
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