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Monumental Sculpture in a Moonlit Park
Inscriptions
signed, lower right, in black chalk: Bison ; VERSO, center right, in graphite: [P?]INK / F/M L/W
Provenance
unidentified collector (stamp: [DF] lower right, in purple ink). [Herbert N. Bier] (according to departmental card)
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974). 18th Century Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981). Nocturnal Impressions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 12, 1985). Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, 1762–1844)
- Date
- c. 1842?
- Medium
- black chalk with blue gouache, heightened with white gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 32.3 x 45.3 cm (12 11/16 x 17 13/16 in.); Secondary Support: 43.2 x 57.1 cm (17 x 22 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Delia E. Holden Fund
- Accession no.
- 1973.174
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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