Singers
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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Singers

1863–1868
Théodule Ribot (French, 1823–1891) visual detail
ArtistThéodule Ribot (French, 1823–1891)
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Provenance

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1890

(Probably Bernheim-Jeune, Paris)

By 1892

(Possibly Monsieur de H.)

By 1895

Frederick R. Sears, Jr. [1855-1939], Boston

1925

(Bernheim-Jeune, Paris)

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Norton Gallery, New York

Until 1977

Noah L. [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-1908], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum o...

1977-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(Probably Bernheim-Jeune, Paris) (Possibly Monsieur de H.) Frederick R. Sears, Jr. [1855-1939], Boston (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris) Norton Gallery, New York Noah L. [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-1908], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978). The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 12, 1980-January 18, 1981). Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 11, 1989). Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art. Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (organizer) (September 2-December 2, 2012). Théodule Ribot (1823-1891): A Delightful Darkness. Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France (October 16, 2021-January 2, 2022) https://www.augustins.org/en/exhibition-theodule-ribot; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, Marseille, France (February 10-May 15, 2022); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France (organizer) (June 11-October 2, 2022) https://mba.caen.fr/exposition/theodule-ribot. Bordeaux, La Société des Amis des Arts de Bordeaux. (1865), no. 450. Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune. Exposition T. Ribot (1890), no. 226, Le concert, 72 x 60 cm, signé dans le coin et à droite (cma painting is signed lower left, but the extensive description otherwise fits perfectly). Probably Paris, Palais National de l'École des Beaux-Arts. Exposition Th. Ribot (1892), no. 26, Une répétition, 73 x 60 cm, appartient à M. de H. (stamp with initials "PH" on reverse could refer to this owner). Possibly Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune. Exposition Ribot (1911), no. 19, Les chanteurs. CMA; Brooklyn Museum; Saint Louis Art Museum; Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum. The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830-1900 (1980-82), 50, no. 12 (repr.). Text by Gabriel P. Weisberg. Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN (8/26/2012 - 11/15/2012): "Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art", ex. cat. no. 66, p. 192-193.

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Ribot participated in a loosely defined artistic movement known as Realism, which sought to depict the gritty lives of workers and peasants. Often dark in tone and somber in mood, Realist paintings focused attention on social problems. Poor singers like these could be seen on the streets of Paris, but pictures of such singers were already a long-established theme in art history.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 7 structured provenance events · 5 structured exhibitions.

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