The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Sculptress
1897
(French, 1841–1917)
Sheet: 64.5 x 49.5 cm (25 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.); Image: 53.1 x 37 cm (20 7/8 x 14 9/16 in.)
Gift of Henry H. Hawley 1986.136
Catalogue raisonné: Arwas 23
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Eugène Grasset was himself a sculptor.Description
Grasset, greatly influenced by the art of Japan, Persia, and Egypt, created designs for stained glass windows, furniture, tapestries, and fabrics. This female allegory of Sculpture was meant for an 1898 exhibition poster. Only the black areas and lines were printed. Rather than using a separate stone to print each color, watercolor was applied with the aid of a stencil.- Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01. "Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".Symbolist Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
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