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Portrait of Jean Ajalbert by Eugène Carrière

Portrait of Jean Ajalbert

Eugène Carrière · 1890

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DETAILS
Artist
Eugène Carrière
Date
1890
Medium
charcoal with white chalk
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
France, 19th century
Credit line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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Eugène Carrière

Eugène Carrière, a French Symbolist, is renowned for his ethereal, near-monochrome brown paintings that captured the dreamlike quality of human connection.

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