id:			166698
accession number:	2008.407
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.407
updated:		2023-04-25 11:42:57.933000

Valmy and Léa, c. 1885–95. Jean Béraud (French, 1849–1935). Brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite; sheet: 36 x 51.7 cm (14 3/16 x 20 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.407

title:				Valmy and Léa
title in original language:	
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creation date:			c. 1885–95
creation date earliest:		1885
creation date latest:		1895
current location:		
creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	Drawings
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Jean Béraud (French, 1849–1935)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 36 x 51.7 cm (14 3/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	beige wove paper, laid down on cardboard
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower center, in black ink: Jean Béraud / [fragments of an additional signature]
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and the Stage
	opening date:   1981-05-22T04:00:00
	<i>Art and the Stage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 22-August 16, 1981).

	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:		Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
	opening date:   2015-01-25T00:00:00
	<i>Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).

	title:		In Concert! Musical Instruments in Art, 1860-1910
	opening date:   2017-03-24T04:00:00
	<i>In Concert! Musical Instruments in Art, 1860-1910</i>. Musée des Impressionismes Giverny, Giverny, France (organizer) (March 24-July 2, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
A forerunner to the cabaret, the café-concert was an irresistible subject for artists working in fin-de-siècle Paris. Here, the performers are illuminated by the unnatural glow of gas footlights, while the musicians in the orchestra, seen mostly from behind, are tucked in the shadowy foreground. The neck of the double base extends above the crowd, drawing the viewer’s eye to the climactic can-can.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Breitman, Ellen. <em>Art and the Stage</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Referenced: p. 58, Reproduced: pl. 35
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	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. 112-113, no. 51; Reproduced: p. 113
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	Thomson, Richard. "The Imperatives of Style: Seurat's Drawings, 1886-1891." In <em>Georges Seurat: The Drawings</em>, edited by Jodi Hauptmann. Exh. Cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 182
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	Frank, Frédéric and Belinda Thomson. <em>In Concert!: Musical Instruments in Art 1860-1910</em>. Giverny: Musée des Impressionnismes, 2017. p. 69, 76.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 69, no. 8; Reproduced: p. 76
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IMAGES

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