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Evening

Evening

c. 1879
(French, 1849–1928)
France
conté crayon and charcoal with stumping and white gouache on laid paper discolored to brown
Image: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31.8 x 48.5 cm (12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2021.101
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This drawing influenced a young Georges Seurat, who likely saw it on view at the 1879 Impressionist Exhibition and created his own interpretation of the subject in dark conté crayon soon after.

Description

In this drawing, Albert Lebourg depicted his mother, sister, and wife sewing by the dim light of an oil lamp. The three women sit around a table, close to one another but each absorbed in their work. Known for his experimentation with charcoal, Lebourg worked from dark to light, covering his sheet with the dark, powdery material and leaving only highlights visible.
  • by 1904–14
    Roger Marx [1859–1913], Paris
    1914
    (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 12–13, 1914, no. 179, sold to Ernest Chapuis)
    1914–1936
    Ernest Chapuis [1870–1936], Paris, by descent
    1936-?
    Chapuis family collection
    ?-2021
    Private collection, France, by descent
    2021
    (Joly Art Conseil, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    2021-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue des tableaux, pastels, dessins, aquarelles [. . .] faisant partie de la collection Roger Marx. Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1914. Mentioned: p. 48, no. 179
    Bénédite, Léonce. Albert Lebourg. Paris: Éditions des Galeries Georges Petit, 1918. Mentioned: p. 387, no. 2062
    Geffroy, Gustave. Exposition Albert Lebourg: Tableaux, aquarelles et dessins. Exh. cat. Paris: Galeries Georges Petit, 1918. Mentioned: p. 37, no. 220
  • Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-April 30, 2023).
    Exposition Albert Lebourg: Tableaux, aquarelles et dessins. Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (January 12–31, 1918).
    Possibly 4th Impressionist Exhibition. 28 Avenue de l’Opéra, Paris (April 10–May 11, 1879).
  • {{cite web|title=Evening|url=false|author=Albert-Charles Lebourg|year=c. 1879|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.101