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Source Description
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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Document identity
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134695
label
Reading
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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134695
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drawing
title
Reading
description
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.
date
c. 1875–1900
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80027260
creators
1739
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Image: 33 x 27 cm (13 x 10 5/8 in.); Sheet: 41.8 x 66.6 cm (16 7/16 x 26 1/4 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
1957.212
Source extras
tec
brush and brown ink
tombstone
Reading, c. 1875–1900. Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906). Brush and brown ink; image: 33 x 27 cm (13 x 10 5/8 in.); sheet: 41.8 x 66.6 cm (16 7/16 x 26 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, 1957.212
supportMaterials
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beige(1) wove paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
Signed, lower left, in brown ink: Eugène Carrière
inscription
verso, center right, in graphite: Dessin original / d' Eugène Carrière
didYouKnow
Eugène Carrière's close friend, the sculptor Auguste Rodin, once said of the artist that he "sculpts in shadow."
creditline
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams
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2026-05-29 06:52:50.270000
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134695
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Drawings
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DR - French
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brush and brown ink
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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