The Woods, Winter

Description

Prints were typically collected and kept in portfolios, but around 1891 some artists began to produce large color lithographs to be framed and hung indoors. Beginning in 1896, Henri Rivière designed 12 compositions titled Aspects of Nature, meant to be hung in vestibules, dining rooms, children’s bedrooms, or in schools to enliven classrooms and cultivate the students’ love for nature.

Provenance

(Hattay Stratton, Inc. Fine Original Prints and Drawings, Northampton, MA) (1984); Mr. John Bonebrake [1918-2011], Shaker Heights, OH (?-2004); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2004-)

The Woods, Winter

Henri Rivière

1898

Accession Number

2003.383

Medium

color lithograph

Dimensions

Image: 54.7 x 83 cm (21 9/16 x 32 11/16 in.); Sheet: 62 x 88.7 cm (24 7/16 x 34 15/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of John Bonebrake