Detail View: The AMICA Library: L'Inspiration
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1985.596
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Moreau, Gustave
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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French; 1826-1898
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Gustave Moreau
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Title:
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L'Inspiration
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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=c. 1893 wkg reg
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Creation Start Date:
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1883
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Creation End Date:
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1898
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Materials and Techniques:
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Watercolor and gouache, with pen and blue ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, wrapped and adhered on verso to wood pulp board.
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Classification Term:
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watercolor
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Classification Term:
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Drawing
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Classification Term:
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Prints and Drawings
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Creation Place:
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Europe,France
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Dimensions:
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Height: 299 mm, Width: 230 mm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1985.596
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of Mrs. Wesley M. Dixon Jr.
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Inscriptions:
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Signed l.r.
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Rights:
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Context:
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In his last years, Moreau worked on enormous, very detailed compositions in oil, most of which were never finished. Watercolors were prominent in Moreau's lat work, as he was able to create small and jewel-like visions with a detail and brilliance that eluded him in the larger oils. Color, which appears as light shot through crushed gems, is the true subject of this dreamlike composition of a poet receiving inspiration from a winged muse.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.D14317.tif
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