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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Study for “In the Woods, Evening”
Description
In this drawing of nymphs holding lyres, Alexandre Séon hoped to depict, in his words, “the spirit of the forest.” He was inspired by fairy-tales he heard as a child about the woods near the remote village where he grew up. By applying colored pencils to a roughly textured sheet of paper, Séon evoked the hazy tones of twilight and gave the sheet a dreamlike tenor.
Provenance
private collection, Brussels; (Eric Gillis Fine Art, Brussels); Private Collection, New York; (Mireille Mosler., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
35.3 × 23 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
2019.77
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Alexandre Séon (French, 1855–1917)
Drawings • France, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery