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Source Description
Algerian-born artist Armand Point became involved in the Symbolist movement—which combined formal experimentation and imaginative subjects—while working in Paris during the 1890s. This drawing is one of many in which he represented his longtime companion and model, Hélène Linder. Here, she appears silhouetted against the brilliant reflection of setting sun on the city’s Seine River with swirling marks and bold tones that suggest the mood of the city as day transformed to night.
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Document identity
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518325
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Quais de Seine en nocturne
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drawing
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518325
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drawing
title
Quais de Seine en nocturne
description
Algerian-born artist Armand Point became involved in the Symbolist movement—which combined formal experimentation and imaginative subjects—while working in Paris during the 1890s. This drawing is one of many in which he represented his longtime companion and model, Hélène Linder. Here, she appears silhouetted against the brilliant reflection of setting sun on the city’s Seine River with swirling marks and bold tones that suggest the mood of the city as day transformed to night.
date
c. 1890
citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q115755108
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66624
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Drawing
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import
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Sheet: 38 x 55 x 2.5 cm (14 15/16 x 21 5/8 x 1 in.)
accession
2022.95
Source extras
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pastel on gray wove paper
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Quais de Seine en nocturne, c. 1890. Armand Point (French, 1861–1932). Pastel on gray wove paper; sheet: 38 x 55 x 2.5 cm (14 15/16 x 21 5/8 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2022.95
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
Signed, lower left, in pastel: APoint
didYouKnow
The walkways along the Seine River that this drawing depicts were a recent addition, constructed as part of a major redesign of Paris spearheaded by Baron Haussmann, a French official, during the mid-1800s.
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 09:05:06.400000
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518325
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Drawings
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DR - French
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pastel on gray wove paper
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male
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