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Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A horizontally oriented etching in dense black-inked lines depicts a crowd with pale skin tones. Numerous faces emerge from a dark background of heavy, frenetic cross-hatching. Toward the center, a bearded man with wide-set eyes stands beside a woman wearing a dark hat. To the right, another man stands with arms folded across his chest. Handwritten pencil inscriptions appear in the white margin below the dark, rectangular image.

Le theatre classique

1915?–31

Edouard Joseph Goerg

(French, 1893–1969)
France, 20th century
etching
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1931.262
Catalogue raisonné: Inv. du fonds français après1800 IX.234.125
Location: Not on view
  • Humor in Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 13-October 28, 1934).
    The First International Competitive Print Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 15, 1931).
  • {{cite web|title=Le theatre classique|url=false|author=Edouard Joseph Goerg|year=1915?–31|access-date=09 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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