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accession number: 2008.404
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The Genius of the Sculptor, c. 1880–83. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Pen and brown ink; sheet: 26.3 x 18.9 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.404
title: The Genius of the Sculptor
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creation date: c. 1880–83
creation date earliest: 1880
creation date latest: 1883
current location:
creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: pen and brown ink
department: Drawings
collection: DR - French
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 26.3 x 18.9 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
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description: lightweight, translucent beige wove paper discolored to yellow-brown
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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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
title: Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern
opening date: 2022-06-18T04:00:00
Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA (organizer) (June 18-September 18, 2022) https://www.clarkart.edu/microsites/rodin/.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Non-Dissenters: Fifth Exhibition Marking Our Tenth Anniversary. Shepherd Gallery, New York (November 1-December 31, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-11-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (March 4 - May 25, 1980); Minneapolis Institute of Arts (June 25 - September 21, 1980); Detroit Institute of Arts (October 27, 1980 - January 4, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1980-03-04T00:00:00'}
* {'description': '', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': "Rodin's Monument to Victor Hugo. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (December 17, 1998 - March 15, 1999); Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (April 13 - June 11, 1999); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (October 7, 1999 - January 2, 2000).", 'opening_date': '1999-04-13T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Marcel Louis Guérin [1873-1948; Lugt 1872b], Paris
date: ?-1932
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(his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 9, 1932, no. 70)
date: 1932
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(Shepherd Gallery, New York, sold to Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH)
date: 1976
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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
Lugt, Frits. Les Marques de collections de dessins et d'estampes. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1956. Online.
page number: Mentioned: no. 1872b
url: http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/detail.cfm/marque/8501/total/1
Non-Dissenters: Fifth Exhibition Marking Our Tenth Anniversary. Exh. Cat. New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1976.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 146
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Fusco, Peter, and H. W. Janson. The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections. Exh. Cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 336-37, no. 197
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Elsen, Albert E. Rodin Rediscovered. Exh. Cat. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1981.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 106-7, 121 n. 9-11; Reproduced: fig. 5.3
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Elsen, Albert E. The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1985.
page number: Mentioned: p. 221
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Lampert, Catherine et al, Rodin: Sculpture and Drawings. Exh. Cat. London: Hayward Gallery, 1986.
page number: Mentioned: p. 32
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Butler, Ruth. The Shape of Genius. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 309-10; Reproduced: fig. 126
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Butler, Ruth, Jeanine Parisier Plottel, and Jane Mayo Roos. Rodin's Monument to Victor Hugo. Exh. Cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 71-72, 118, no. 22; Reproduced: fig. 37
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Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 116-17, 143, no. 53; Reproduced: p. 117
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Rodin, Auguste, Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, Christina Buley-Uribe, Patrick R. Crowley, C. D. Dickerson, Laure de Margerie, Véronique Mattiussi, Elyse Nelson, Jennifer A. Thompson, and Nora M. Rosengarten. Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern. Williamstown, Massachusetts : Clark Art Institute, 2022.
page number: Mentioned: p.48, 218; reproduced: p. 218, cat. 102
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