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Eugène Carrièrec. 1875–1900
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Eugène Carrière was known for the evocative, hazy brushwork he used throughout various media. Executed in his signature style, this drawing likely depicts the artist's family studying a book together. Carrière favored such intimate domestic scenes, using ethereal ochre marks to allow his subjects to blend into their surroundings.
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- Title: Reading
- Creator: Eugène Carrière (French, 1849-1906)
- Date Created: c. 1875–1900
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 41.8 x 66.6 cm (16 7/16 x 26 1/4 in.); Image: 33 x 27 cm (13 x 10 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, MA, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland), Print Club of Cleveland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.212
- Medium: brush and brown ink
- Inscriptions: signed, lower left, in brown ink: Eugène Carrière ; VERSO, center right, in graphite: Dessin original / d' Eugène Carrière
- Fun Fact: Eugène Carrière's close friend, the sculptor Auguste Rodin, once said of the artist that he "sculpts in shadow."
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 1957.212
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