id: 74651 accession number: 2019.64 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.64 updated: 2024-03-26 01:55:43.048000 Young Woman from Valence, c. 1862. Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883). Brush and brown ink and graphite with stumping with touches of white gouache on sturdy weight wove paper; sheet: 28.7 x 22.1 cm (11 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.64 title: Young Woman from Valence title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1862 creation date earliest: 1857 creation date latest: 1867 current location: creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: brush and brown ink and graphite with stumping with touches of white gouache on sturdy weight wove paper department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883) - artist French illustrator, painter and sculptor, best known for his illustrations of epic literature, such as those by Dante, Cervantes, Hugo, and Milton, as well as contemporary texts, such as those by Balzac. In 1872, he began to record the conditions of London slums. These engravings are rich in dramatic detail and show a harsh and nightmarish world. His work influenced that of Van Gough and later, the Symbolists. --- measurements: Sheet: 28.7 x 22.1 cm (11 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed, at lower right, in graphite: “G Dore.” translation: remark: inscription: Illegible inscription on verso, at upper right, in pencil. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Galerie Fischer-Kiener, Paris, France date: January 1994 footnotes: citations: Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980] date: footnotes: citations: Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008] date: 1994-2008 footnotes: citations: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: March 4, 2019 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.64/2019.64_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.64/2019.64_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.64/2019.64_full.tif