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Source Description
In this drawing, Albert Lebourg depicted his mother, sister, and wife sewing by the dim light of an oil lamp. The three women sit around a table, close to one another but each absorbed in their work. Known for his experimentation with charcoal, Lebourg worked from dark to light, covering his sheet with the dark, powdery material and leaving only highlights visible.
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Document identity
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439251
label
Evening
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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439251
contentType
drawing
title
Evening
description
In this drawing, Albert Lebourg depicted his mother, sister, and wife sewing by the dim light of an oil lamp. The three women sit around a table, close to one another but each absorbed in their work. Known for his experimentation with charcoal, Lebourg worked from dark to light, covering his sheet with the dark, powdery material and leaving only highlights visible.
date
c. 1879
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117246729
creators
53727
genreSpecific
Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Image: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.)
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France
accession
2021.101
Source extras
tec
conté crayon and charcoal with stumping and white gouache on laid paper discolored to brown
tombstone
Evening, c. 1879. Albert-Charles Lebourg (French, 1849–1928). Conté crayon and charcoal with stumping and white gouache on laid paper discolored to brown; image: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.); sheet: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2021.101
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower right, in black ink: A. Lebourg [illeg.]; watermark, upper right: Lalanne
didYouKnow
This drawing influenced a young Georges Seurat, who likely saw it on view at the 1879 Impressionist Exhibition and created his own interpretation of the subject in dark conté crayon soon after.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue des tableaux, pastels, dessins, aquarelles </em>[. . .] <em>faisant partie de la collection Roger Marx</em>. Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1914.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 48, no. 179
citation
Bénédite, Léonce. <em>Albert Lebourg</em>. Paris: Éditions des Galeries Georges Petit, 1918.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 387, no. 2062
citation
Geffroy, Gustave. <em>Exposition Albert Lebourg:</em> <em>Tableaux, aquarelles et dessins</em>. Exh. cat. Paris: Galeries Georges Petit, 1918.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 37, no. 220
citation
Salsbury, Britany. <em>Nineteenth-Century French Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Lewes, UK, Cleveland, Ohio: GILES; Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 130-131, no. 22
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 09:00:16.100000
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439251
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Drawings
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DR - French
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conté crayon and charcoal with stumping and white gouache on laid paper discolored to brown
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male
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