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Madeleine Lerolle and Her Daughter Yvonne

Madeleine Lerolle and Her Daughter Yvonne

c. 1879–80
(French, 1849–1934)
France, 19th century
oil on fabric
Framed: 191.5 x 142.2 x 9.5 cm (75 3/8 x 56 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 165 x 115.5 cm (64 15/16 x 45 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1977.120
Location: 219 19th Century European

Description

Albert Besnard was a good friend of fellow artist Henri Lerolle, whose wife Madeleine and daughter Yvonne are the subjects of this double portrait set in a studio. The artist’s profession is referenced in the large portfolios of drawings at lower right, and the easel at upper left, which displays a canvas tipped forward at an unusual angle. The canvas has been strapped to the easel in this position so the artist can more easily paint while seated.
  • Henri Lerolle (1883, 1913), by descent. Brame & Lorenceau, Paris. Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin. Given to the CMA in 1977.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 212 archive.org
    Broun, Francis J. P. The Seven Ages of Man: Inaugural Exhibition, May 3-June 15, 1980. London, England: London Regional Art Gallery, 1980. Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 18, 19, cover.
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 24-27, Vol. I, no. 9
    Lerolle, Aggy. Henry Lerolle: Paris 1848-1929. Willaupuis, Belgium: Wapica; Paris: Société des Amis d'Henry Lerolle, 2022. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 44
  • Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum, China (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
    CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
    Paris autour de 1882 (Paris around 1882). Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Gifu City, Japan (organizer) (November 3-December 19, 1982); Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan (January 15-February 20, 1983).
    Gifu (Japan), Museum of Fine Arts; Kamakura Museum of Modern Art. Paris autour de 1882 (1982-83), no. 11, pl. 11.
    Seven Ages of Man. Museum London, London, Canada (organizer) (May 3-June 15, 1980).
    London (Ontario) Regional Art Gallery. The Seven Ages of Man (1980), 18-19 (repr.).
    The Artist and the Studio in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-August 13, 1978).
    Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).
    Paris, Palais des Champs-Élysées. Salon (1883), no. 224, Portrait de Mme L . . . et de sa petite fille.
    Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Cincinnati Museum of Art; Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery; Art Institute of Chicago; London, Grosvenor Gallery.Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Albert Besnard (1913), no. 2, Portrait of Mme Henri Lerolle and Daughter (now Mme Eugène Rouart), lent by Henri Lerolle (also mentioned on p. 4 of Boston cat.).
    Paris, Palais de Bagatelle (organized by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts). Exposition rétrospective de portraits de femmes sous les trois républiques (1909), no. 11, Portrait de Madame Henri Lerolle, Appartient à M. Lerolle.
    Paris, Galerie Georges Petit. Exposition Albert Besnard (1905), no. 119, as in coll. Henri Lerolle.
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