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Source Description
The printmaker Auguste Lepère is credited with reviving the woodcut at a time when it had fallen out of popularity in late 19th-century France. Lepère carefully sketched each aspect of his compositions—which often depicted Parisian life—before translating them to print. The young girl seen in this drawing figured in the foreground of an image depicting the Tuileries garden on a clear autumn day.
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Document identity
localId
74647
label
Study for the woodcut 'Bassin des Tuileries'
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
74647
contentType
drawing
title
Study for the woodcut 'Bassin des Tuileries'
description
The printmaker Auguste Lepère is credited with reviving the woodcut at a time when it had fallen out of popularity in late 19th-century France. Lepère carefully sketched each aspect of his compositions—which often depicted Parisian life—before translating them to print. The young girl seen in this drawing figured in the foreground of an image depicting the Tuileries garden on a clear autumn day.
date
c. 1898
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79875824
creators
13243
genreSpecific
Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 27.9 x 14.6 cm (11 x 5 3/4 in.)
cul
France, 19th/20th century
accession
2019.66
Source extras
tec
watercolor, gouache, and black crayon on tan heavy weight wove paper
tombstone
Study for the woodcut 'Bassin des Tuileries', c. 1898. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918). Watercolor, gouache, and black crayon on tan heavy weight wove paper; sheet: 27.9 x 14.6 cm (11 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2019.66
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, at lower right, in graphite, “ALepère.”
inscription
On verso, along lower margin, in graphite: “Etude pour le bois Bassin des Tuileries [illeg., partially erased].”
didYouKnow
In the related finished print, the young girl seen here appears next to the Tuileries’s pond, which is filled with toy boats (a practice that continues today).
catalogueRaisonne
Study for Lotz-Brissonneau 265
creditline
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 04:57:04.772000
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74647
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Drawings
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DR - French
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watercolor, gouache, and black crayon on tan heavy weight wove paper
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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