About the Artwork
Man Writing
19th century
Eugène Carrière
1849-1906
French
Unknown
Oil on academy board
Unframed: 13 1/8 × 13 7/8 inches (33.3 × 35.2 cm) Framed: 19 5/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/2 inches (49.8 × 51.8 × 3.8 cm)
Paintings
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of Armand Loewengard
37.159
Public Domain
Markings
Signed, upper left: Eugène Carrière
Provenance
collection of Armand Loewengard (Paris, France)
1937-present, probably gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Richardson, E.P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 21, no. 454.
Carrière, Eugène. 1849-1906: Seer of the Real. Exh. cat., Allentown Art Museum. Allentown, 1968, p. 47, cat. 29 (ill.).
Bantens, R.J. Eugène Carrière: His Work and His Influence. New York, 1983, pp. 45, 62, (fig. 8).
Bantens, Robert James. Eugène Carrière: The Symbol of Creation. New York, 1990, pp. 64-65 (ill.) [dated about 1887].
Secrest, Meryle. Duveen: a life in art. New York, 2004, p. 421.
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Eugène Carrière, Man Writing, 19th century, oil on academy board. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Armand Loewengard, 37.159.
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