id:			74637
accession number:	2019.62
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.62
updated:		2024-03-26 01:55:43.013000

Portrait of Alfred de Musset (1810-1857), c. 1850s. Alexandre Bida (French, 1823–1895). Black chalk and graphite with stumping, watercolor, gouache, and fabricated colored chalk on medium weight wove paper; overall: 43.6 x 30.7 cm (17 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.62

title:				Portrait of Alfred de Musset (1810-1857)
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creation date:			c. 1850s
creation date earliest:		1850
creation date latest:		1859
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	black chalk and graphite with stumping, watercolor, gouache, and fabricated colored chalk on medium weight wove paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Alexandre Bida (French, 1823–1895)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 43.6 x 30.7 cm (17 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Watermark: Wise / 1820, vertical at lower right
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	inscription:	Signed, at lower right, in black chalk: “A Bida”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Shepherd Gallery.  "French Nineteenth-Century Drawings-Pastels-Watercolors:  November 1977-February 1978."  New York:  Shepherd Gallery, 1977:  catalogue # 7, illustrated.', 'opening_date': '1977-11-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY
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	Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980]
	date: 1977-1980
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	Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008]
	date: 1980-2008
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 4, 2019
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Rohowsky, Peter S. French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors: Nov. 1977-Feb. 1978. New York: Shepherd Gallery Associates, 1977.
	page number: 	p. 10, ill no. 7
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