Woman Reading

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

Museum

Woman Reading

1769

ArtistNicolas-Bernard Lépicié (French, 1735–1784)

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Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 64 x 55 x 5 cm (25 3/16 x 21 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 46.3 x 37.8 cm (18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: P - French 18th Century
Origin: France
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

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Provenance

Public

Before 1896

Probably Louis-Charles-Léon Courajod [1841-1896], Paris, France

Probably 1938

(Probably a public auction, Paris, sold to Georges Wildenstein)

1938-probably 1940

(Georges Wildenstein, Paris, France, owned in share with Galerie Cailleux, confiscated by the Einsat...

Probably 1940-1945

In possession of the Nazis

1945-1947

In possession of the Allies, repatriated to France and restituted to Georges Wildenstein

1947-before 1960

(Georges Wildenstein, New York, NY, his share probably sold to Galerie Cailleux)

By 1960

(Galerie Cailleux, Paris, France, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)

Source provenance text

Probably Louis-Charles-Léon Courajod [1841-1896], Paris, France (Probably a public auction, Paris, sold to Georges Wildenstein) (Georges Wildenstein, Paris, France, owned in share with Galerie Cailleux, confiscated by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg) In possession of the Nazis In possession of the Allies, repatriated to France and restituted to Georges Wildenstein (Georges Wildenstein, New York, NY, his share probably sold to Galerie Cailleux) (Galerie Cailleux, Paris, France, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) Severance (1895-1985) and Greta Millikin (1903-1989), Cleveland, Ohio, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

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Exhibitions

Public

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

Source exhibition text

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 9 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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