id:			74625
accession number:	2015.453
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.453
updated:		2024-03-26 01:55:42.964000

Study for a Decoration for the Salle des Fêtes of the Town Hall of Paris's 11th arrondissement, 1897. Victor Emile Prouvé (French, 1858–1943). Watercolor with black chalk framing lines on beige wove paper; sheet: 45.9 x 64.5 cm (18 1/16 x 25 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2015.453

title:				Study for a Decoration for the Salle des Fêtes of the Town Hall of Paris's 11th arrondissement
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creation date:			1897
creation date earliest:		1897
creation date latest:		1897
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	watercolor with black chalk framing lines on beige wove paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Victor Emile Prouvé (French, 1858–1943)  - artist
He joined the Gallé workshop while still a boy, initially becoming a ceramics designer in the company of Emile Galli. He studied painting in Nancy and Paris. His work is in the Art Nouveau style. He is known as a painter and ceramicist; he also created designs for lace and embroidery, jewelry, glassware, bookbinding and graphics. He had an international reputation because his designs were published in the 'Journal d'art et industrie.'
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measurements: Sheet: 45.9 x 64.5 cm (18 1/16 x 25 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed: lower right in black chalk: VP / 1897 / in graphite: 481
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PROVENANCE

	(Fischer-Kiener Galerie, Paris, sold to Mrs. Muriel Butkin)
	date: ?-1987
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	Mrs. Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH
	date: 1987-2008
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	estate of Mrs. Muriel Butkin, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2008-2015
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015-
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