id: 84489 accession number: 2019.258 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.258 updated: 2022-01-04 14:32:30.009000 View of Paris, c. 1920. Albert Gleizes (French, 1881-1953). Graphite and watercolor on wove paper; sheet: 10.9 x 10.1 cm (4 5/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.258 title: View of Paris title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1920 creation date earliest: 1915 creation date latest: 1925 current location: creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 20th century technique: graphite and watercolor on wove paper department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Albert Gleizes (French, 1881-1953) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 10.9 x 10.1 cm (4 5/16 x 4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed at lower right, in graphite: Gleizes translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Fischer Kiener Galerie, Paris, France) date: ? footnotes: citations: Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH date: 1968-2008 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: December 2, 2019 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: With the artist Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes authored Du Cubisme (1912), the first major book explaining the Cubist movement. digital description: Albert Gleizes was among the early artists to experiment with Cubism after its invention by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. He focused primarily on modern life, such as the urban view seen here. The sheet presents a view across Paris extending into the far distance, punctuated by the Eiffel Tower in the distance and smoke pouring from a factory’s smokestack at left. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES