id:			170704
accession number:	2013.23
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.23
updated:		2025-05-07 19:54:45.360000

Egyptian Scene, c. 1871. Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933). Watercolor with gouache and graphite on wove paper mounted to cardboard; sheet: 46.5 x 66.5 cm (18 5/16 x 26 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund and gift in memory of Joan and Wilber Nordstrom by their daughter, Jan Nordstrom Carr 2013.23

title:				Egyptian Scene
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creation date:			c. 1871
creation date earliest:		1866
creation date latest:		1876
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund and gift in memory of Joan and Wilber Nordstrom by their daughter, Jan Nordstrom Carr
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culture:	America
technique:	watercolor with gouache and graphite on wove paper mounted to cardboard
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 19th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 46.5 x 66.5 cm (18 5/16 x 26 3/16 in.)
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	description:	wove paper mounted to cardboard
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	inscription:	Inscribed, lower left in brown watercolor: "Louis C. Tiffany"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Main gallery rotation (gallery 209): June 22 - November 2, 2015.', 'opening_date': '2015-06-22T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Laurence and Florence Cornell Gomme [1890-1982], New York, NY
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	Joan Cornell Thurin Nordstrom [1919-2009] (niece of Florence Cornell Gomme)
	date: 1960s
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	Jan Nordstrom Carr (1945-2022), Chagrin Falls, OH
	date: 2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 4, 2013
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