id:			74600
accession number:	2019.61
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.61
updated:		2025-02-08 21:57:43.111000

A Caravan in the Desert, c. 1860s. Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819–1891). Watercolor on wove paper; sheet: 19.3 x 31 cm (7 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.61

title:				A Caravan in the Desert
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creation date:			c. 1860s
creation date earliest:		1860
creation date latest:		1869
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	watercolor on wove paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819–1891)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 19.3 x 31 cm (7 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Watermark: J WHATMAN, at lower margin on verso
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	inscription:	Signed, at lower right, in ink: “Berchère.”
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	inscription:	Inscribed, on verso, at upper left, in pencil: “18”
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	inscription:	Inscribed on verso at lower center margin, in pencil: “2[?]102
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY
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	Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980]
	date: 1976-2008
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	Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008]
	date: 2008
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 4, 2019
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