id:			166892
accession number:	2009.136
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.136
updated:		2022-01-04 17:45:06.529000

Portrait of a Woman, c. 1889-1899. Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Emile Béranger (French, 1814-1883). Pastel; sheet: 68.9 x 50.2 cm (27 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2009.136

title:				Portrait of a Woman
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creation date:			c. 1889-1899
creation date earliest:		1889
creation date latest:		1999
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	pastel
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Emile Béranger (French, 1814-1883)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 68.9 x 50.2 cm (27 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
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	description:	blue wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed in orange pastel, center left: "Em. Béranger./ 1851"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2016-11-19T05:00:00
	<i>Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 19, 2016-March 19, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Muriel Butkin
	date: 2008    
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	Estate of Muriel Butkin
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wall description: 
Béranger is known as an academic painter of genre subjects. This pastel study of a young woman with downcast eyes conveys a sense of vitality and immediacy lacking in his more highly finished works in oil. While the graceful features of her face are articulated with tender detail, the flowers adorning her hair are summarily indicated with a handful of rapid strokes, and her bodice is barely suggested.
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IMAGES

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