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Victor Emile Prouvé

Study for a Decoration for the Salle des Fêtes of the Town Hall of Paris's 11th arrondissement

1897
watercolor with black chalk framing lines on beige wove paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The mural painting to which this drawing relates was one of two major designs that Victor Prouvé created for town halls throughout Paris; he also decorated the staircase of a public building in Issy-les-Moulineaux, a Paris suburb.

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