id:			79484
accession number:	2015.152
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.152
updated:		2022-09-22 09:01:00.180000

The Nymphs, 1890. Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941). Woodcut, hand-colored with watercolor; sheet: 59.1 x 47.8 cm (23 1/4 x 18 13/16 in.); image: 47.5 x 35 cm (18 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the museum's one-hundredth anniversary 2015.152

title:				The Nymphs
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creation date:			1890
creation date earliest:		1890
creation date latest:		1890
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creditline:			Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the museum's one-hundredth anniversary
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	Woodcut, hand-colored with watercolor
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 59.1 x 47.8 cm (23 1/4 x 18 13/16 in.); Image: 47.5 x 35 cm (18 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	lower right, in graphite: a Paul Gachet / Emile Bernard / 1889
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   2018-03-17T04:00:00
	<i>Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (03/17/2018-06/06/2018): "Recent Acquisitions 2014-2017"

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PROVENANCE

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Before he had reached age 20, the precocious Bernard worked alongside Paul Gauguin and engaged in a lively correspondence with Vincent van Gogh. Toward the end of 1889, Van Gogh observed a shift in the young artist’s work and noted in a letter to his sister, “Bernard is trying to do elegant, modern figures in the manner of ancient Greek and Egyptian art.” The elongated, seemingly weightless forms in <em>The Nymphs </em>reflect Bernard’s stylistic evolution. This vividly hand-colored woodcut is one of only three known impressions of this print.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 68
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.152/2015.152_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.152/2015.152_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.152/2015.152_full.tif