The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 22, 2024

Reading

Reading

c. 1875–1900
(French, 1849–1906)
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.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Eugène Carrière's close friend, the sculptor Auguste Rodin, once said of the artist that he "sculpts in shadow."

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.
  • ?-1957
    (Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, MA, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland)
    1957
    Print Club of Cleveland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1957-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
    The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).
    Gifts from the Print Club to the Cleveland Museum of Art (April 4 - August 2, 1970).

    Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1939-1959
    (October 11, 1960 - November 3, 1961).
  • {{cite web|title=Reading|url=false|author=Eugène Carrière|year=c. 1875–1900|access-date=22 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1957.212