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accession number: 2008.392
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Head of a Man, 1886. Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911). Metalpoint; sheet: 31.5 x 23 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.392
title: Head of a Man
title in original language:
series:
series in original language:
creation date: 1886
creation date earliest: 1886
creation date latest: 1886
current location:
creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
copyright:
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: metalpoint
department: Drawings
collection: Drawings
type: Drawing
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catalogue raisonne:
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CREATORS
* Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 31.5 x 23 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
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support materials:
description: white clay-coated board, laid down on cardboard, overmatted with cardboard mount
watermarks:
inscriptions:
inscription: signed, upper right, in metalpoint: A. Legros [underlined] / 1886 (according to Butkin records, above the preceding there is an inscription, currently covered by the mount, that reads "à mon ami F. W. Burton"); verso of secondary support, lower left, in graphite: Le gros [sideways]
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remark:
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
opening date: 2001-08-26T00:00:00
French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* T. Edward Hanley Collection. Philadelphia Museum of Art (1957).
Selections from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. T. Edward Hanley, Gallery of Modern Art, New York (January 3 - March 12, 1967); Philadelphia Museum of Art (April 6 - May 28, 1967); Denver Art Museum (February 22 - April 30, 1968).
Visages du dix-neuvième siècle, Galerie Jacques Fischer-Chantal Kiener, Paris (December 1 - 15, 1977).
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PROVENANCE
T. Edward Hanley, Bradford, PA
date: by 1957-before 1967
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