The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Dawn—Hunter with Dog

1882

Henri Joseph Harpignies

(French, 1819–1916)
France, 19th century
watercolor
Sheet: 37.6 x 53.5 cm (14 13/16 x 21 1/16 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.391
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The figure seen in this drawing was typical of Henri Harpignies's watercolors, which often featured hunters, fishermen, hikers, and sometimes artists.

Description

Created at the height of Henri Harpignies's career, this large watercolor landscape features the artist's characteristic gray-green palette. Harpignies developed the composition using overlapping planes unified by a meandering stream or road. It is impossible to identify the exact setting of the image, which instead was likely meant as a souvenir of the French countryside Harpignies knew well and represented often.
  • ?-before 1973
    (Frost and Reed Ltd., London)
    1973
    (Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, New York, June 14, 1973, no. 422, sold to Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH)
    1973-2008
    Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    Provenance Footnotes
    1 As Afternoon Shoot.
  • Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Mentioned: pp. 120-21, 143, no. 55; Reproduced: p. 121
  • French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
  • {{cite web|title=Dawn—Hunter with Dog|url=false|author=Henri Joseph Harpignies|year=1882|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.391