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accession number:	2010.249.a
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Study of a Female Nude (possibly for an unrealized allegorical painting) (recto), 1800s. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898). Black chalk stumped with heightening of white chalk on brown paper; overall: 23.5 x 30.8 cm (9 1/4 x 12 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2010.249.a

title:				Study of a Female Nude (possibly for an unrealized allegorical painting) (recto)
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	black chalk stumped with heightening of white chalk on brown paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898)  - artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was born into a bourgeois family. His father intended his son to enroll at the École Polytechnique in Paris. After a prolonged illness, however, Puvis instead entered the Faculté de Droit. He became interested in art during a trip to Italy in 1846, and the following year he began studying with Henri Scheffer (1798-1862). Puvis returned to Italy in 1848 with Louis Bauderon de Vermeron (1809-1870), where he became interested in the art of mural painting. He entered the atelier of Delacroix (q.v.) for only two weeks, and later that of Couture (q.v.) for three months. Yet, Puvis's chief method of study was to work independently after live models. He was accepted in the Salon of 1850, but his submissions from 1852 through 1859 were rejected. In 1854-55 he decorated the dining room at his brother's country house, Le Brouchy, near Cuiseaux. He won a second-class medal at the Salon of 1861 for Concordia (Musée de Picardie, Amiens), which was purchased by the state. Inspired by the frescoes of Pompeii and by Piero della Francesca's Legend of the True Cross in Arezzo, Puvis pursued his interest in mural painting with great success. He received commissions to create works for the Palais des Arts in Lyons, the Pantheon and the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, the Boston Public Library, and many others. The artist strove to integrate his mural paintings with the surrounding architecture and to maintain the integrity of the flat wall surface by using broad areas of subdued color. In 1890, together with Meissonier (q.v.) and Rodin (1840-1917), Puvis founded the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, as a more progressive alternative for the regular Salon. Puvis's art had a significant impact on later artists, particularly the symbolists.
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measurements: Overall: 23.5 x 30.8 cm (9 1/4 x 12 1/8 in.)
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	description:	cream laid paper (drawing executed on the felt side of the sheet)
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	inscription:	inscribed upper left center in red pencil:  34; inscribed upper right in black ink:  B12
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'New York: Shepherd Gallery (November 1977-February 1978): "French 19th-Century Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors"', 'opening_date': '1977-11-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Jan Milner, NYC, April 1979
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