id:			166861
accession number:	2009.11.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.11.4
updated:		2023-12-04 22:06:57.259000

Design for a Hand Mirror, c. 1900–1902. Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914). Watercolor and black ink with graphite; sheet: 18 x 13.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.); framed: 62 x 45 cm (24 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 2009.11.4

title:				Design for a Hand Mirror
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creation date:			c. 1900–1902
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1902
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	watercolor and black ink with graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 18 x 13.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.); Framed: 62 x 45 cm (24 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
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	description:	beige wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	The window mat bears an inscription written in graphite pencil along the bottom edge: "ENCRE DE CHINE/ET/AQUARELLE/BRACQUEMOND (FELIX) - 1833 - 1914 PROJECTS DE MIROIR UTILISANT UN BAS RELIEF DE RODIN Rep_?_ Arts Decoration 1902 Tome XII p. 10 Pour le Baron Vita."

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <strong><em>Artistic Luxury : Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique</em></strong><strong>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009).</strong>

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PROVENANCE

	(Librairie Blaizot, Paris, sold to Raphael Esmerian, Paris and New York)
	date: ?-1969
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	Raphael Esmerian [1903-1976], New York, by descent to his son Ralph Esmerian, New York
	date: 1969-1976
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	Ralph Esmerian [1940-], New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976-2009
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2009-
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		149386
	Hand Mirror, c. 1900. Designed by Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914), relief by Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917), enamel by Alexander Riquet (French), goldsmith work by Alexis Falize (French, 1811-1898). Gold, enamel, and ivory; overall: 32.2 x 16.1 x 1.2 cm (12 11/16 x 6 5/16 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, by exchange 1978.43
	relationship: 	design for

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CITATIONS

	Librarie Auguste Blaizot. <em>Catalogue no 330; peintures, aquarelles, dessins originaux...</em>. Paris: Blaizot, 1969.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 9, no. 39
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	Bouillon, Jean-Paul. "An Artistic Collaboration: Bracquemond and Baron Vitta." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 8 (1979): 311-19.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p.19n14
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	Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. <em>Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2008.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. 7
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IMAGES

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