Eugène Carrière, Madame Case
Marlatt Fund, 1967.126 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Eugène Carrière

Madame Case

after September 1900, probably summer 1901

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
46.2 × 38.1 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-109586

This painting may depict the wife of the artist's close friend, writer Jules Case. In a letter written after her death, Case asked the artist to paint her portrait from an enlarged photograph. "My dear friend," Case wrote, "would you preserve the only face which, from now on, can bring me some little joy, if one can use this word for a sentiment mixed with so much suffering." Carrière emphasized the poetic mood by placing the shadowy figure in a vague, dreamlike space. Known for his evocative paintings of women and children, Eugène Carrière was loosely associated with the French Symbolist mov…

Provenance

Marlatt Fund, 1967.126

Registry history

  • after September 1900, probably summer 1901 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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