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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.188
People
Louis-Gabriel Moreau, called Moreau l'ainé, French (1739 - 1805)
Title
Corner of a Garden
Other Titles
Former Title: The Park at Saint-Cloud
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296641

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache and watercolor over graphite on off-white Japan paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
23.9 x 46.2 cm (9 7/16 x 18 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: monogrammed, bottom center, attached fragment: .LM..
  • watermark: none
  • inscription: monogrammed, in drawing, lower left, on rock, black ink: LM

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles E. Dunlap, New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap, 1955.188

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.188
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Georges Wildenstein, Un peintre de paysage au XVIIIe siècle, Louis Moreau, Les Beaux-Arts (Paris, 1923), cat. no. 135, pp. 35, 67
  • Highlights from the Collections of the Fogg Museum and Harvard Alumni of St. Louis, exh. cat., City Art Museum of St. Louis (St. Louis, 1964), cat. no. 35, n.p.
  • Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, 1967), n.p.
  • Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), cat. no. 45, pp. 11, 18, 49, 57, 69
  • Konrad Oberhuber, European Master Drawings of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, 1979), cat. no. 81, n.p.
  • Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 32
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr., "To Delight the Eye": French Drawings and Paintings from the Collection of Charles E. Dunlap, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2005), cat. no. 24, p. 8
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), cat. no. 100, repr.; detail repr. p. 267

Exhibition History

  • Highlights from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum and Harvard Alumni of St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, 01/30/1964 - 03/01/1964
  • Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 10/12/1967 - 12/03/1967
  • Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977
  • European Master Drawing of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11/03/1979 - 12/16/1979
  • "To Delight the Eye": French Drawings and Paintings from the Collection of Charles E. Dunlap, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/17/2005 - 03/12/2006

Verification Level

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