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The Rabbits

1893

Henri Charles Guérard

(French, 1846–1897)
France, 19th century
woodcut
Sheet: 59.5 x 42.2 cm (23 7/16 x 16 5/8 in.); Image: 33 x 23.1 cm (13 x 9 1/8 in.)
Gift of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer in memory of Robert Lundie Shearer 1992.243
Catalogue raisonné: Stein and Karshan 32; Inv. du fonds français après1800 IX.460.93
Location: Not on view

Description

Since Guérard was described as the "Japonais de Paris" (Japanese of Paris), it is appropriate that the stylistic source for The Rabbits would be the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), who made many woodcuts of animals.
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79. Mentioned: p. 72 www.jstor.org
  • 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".
  • {{cite web|title=The Rabbits|url=false|author=Henri Charles Guérard|year=1893|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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