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Evening at the Window

Evening at the Window

1884
(French, 1837–1911)
France, 19th century
etching and drypoint
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1944.516
Catalogue raisonné: Bliss 260
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Alphonse Legros taught for nearly two decades as a professor of fine arts at the Slade School in London and was the first to add etching to its curriculum.

Description

This etching is one of more than 600 that Alphonse Legros created throughout his career. He favored this technique, which allowed artists to sketch on a copper plate as if drawing on paper, for its spontaneity. Legros often worked directly on the plate, crossing off portions to be trimmed away as he went. In this image of a man staring through an open window, Legros scribbled along the upper and lower margins to give the composition a more specific focus.
  • ?-?
    Francis Edward Bliss (1847-1930; L. 265), London
    ?-1944
    Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1944-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Evening at the Window|url=false|author=Alphonse Legros|year=1884|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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