The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Lithographic Sketches: It is the End of the World! (frontispiece)
1824
(French, 1792–1845)
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Image: 20.1 x 15.7 cm (7 15/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Béraldi, vol. IV, p. 124, no. 9
Location: not on view
Description
The museum's extensive collection of early lithography documents the development of the technique in Europe. Invented by a German, Alois Senefelder (1771-1834), in 1798 for commercial purposes, lithography was quickly adopted by artists. Lithography did not begin in France until 1816, however, when two workshops were established in Paris. By 1824 so many lithographs were being produced that a deluge of lithographic albums could end the world!- From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000. "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints."
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.228