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Dec 15, 2014

Interior of a Butcher Shop

c. 1881

Léon Augustin Lhermitte

(French, 1844–1925)

France, 19th century

Charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)

Support: Two sheets of laid paper (joined) laid down on beige(1) wove paper

Sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.)

Gift of Muriel S. Butkin 1978.131

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The French writer Théodore de Banville described Léon Lhermitte's drawings, saying that "In his hands charcoal and black chalk are like magical tools."

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signed, lower left, in charcoal: L. Lhermitte

Exhibition history

CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).

CMA; Brooklyn (N.Y.) Museum of Art; St. Louis Art Museum; Glasgow Museum and Art Galleries, The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830-1900 (1980-81; Mar. 7-June 7, 1981; July 23-Sep. 27, 1981; Nov. 5, 1981-Jan. 4, 1982), no. 176, illus.

CMA, 17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings (May 31-Aug. 19, 1979).

CMA, Year in Review for 1978 (Feb. 13-Mar. 18, 1979), cma Bulletin 66 (1979), p. 44 no. 68, illus. p. 20.

Year in Review: 1978. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 12, 1980-January 18, 1981); The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (March 7-May 10, 1981); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (July 23-September 20, 1981); Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (November 5, 1981-January 4, 1982).

French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

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