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Evening
Albert Lebourgc. 1879
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In this drawing, Albert Lebourg depicted his mother, sister, and wife sewing by the dim light of an oil lamp. The three women sit around a table, close to one another but each absorbed in their work. Known for his experimentation with charcoal, Lebourg worked from dark to light, covering his sheet with the dark, powdery material and leaving only highlights visible.
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- Title: Evening
- Creator: Albert-Charles Lebourg (French, 1849-1928)
- Date Created: c. 1879
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: Roger Marx [1859–1913], Paris, (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 12–13, 1914, no. 179, sold to Ernest Chapuis), Ernest Chapuis [1870–1936], Paris, by descent, Chapuis family collection, Private collection, France, by descent, (Joly Art Conseil, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.101
- Medium: conté crayon and charcoal with stumping and white gouache on laid paper discolored to brown
- Inscriptions: signed, lower right, in black ink: A. Lebourg [illeg.]; watermark, upper right: Lalanne
- Fun Fact: This drawing influenced a young Georges Seurat, who likely saw it on view at the 1879 Impressionist Exhibition and created his own interpretation of the subject in dark conté crayon soon after.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 2021.101
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