id:			166870
accession number:	2009.118
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.118
updated:		2025-02-09 06:30:24.785000

Sarah Bernhardt Reclining on a Divan, Reading, c. 1885–1890. Georges-Jules-Victor Clairin (French, 1843–1919). Graphite with lead white heightening; sheet: 24.3 x 38.8 cm (9 9/16 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2009.118

title:				Sarah Bernhardt Reclining on a Divan, Reading
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creation date:			c. 1885–1890
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1895
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	Graphite with lead white heightening
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Georges-Jules-Victor Clairin (French, 1843–1919)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 24.3 x 38.8 cm (9 9/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
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	description:	pink wove paper
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	inscription:	inscribed in blue ink, lower left: "J-. Clairin (artist's stamp) (Lugt 448)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris
	opening date:   2012-10-04T00:00:00
	<i>Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'New York: Shepherd Gallery (November 1977-February 1978): "French Nineteenth Century Drawings-Pastels-Watercolors," cat. no. 15, repr.', 'opening_date': '1977-11-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	G. Clairin (estate stamp [Lugt 448], lower left, in purple ink); Shepherd Gallery, New York, April 1977. Muriel Butkin estate
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