Théobald Chartran
French, 1849–1907
Emma Calvé as Carmen
1894
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 45 13/16 x 35 1/2 in. (116.4 x 90.2 cm) Frame: 55 3/4 x 45 9/16 x 4 in. (141.6 x 115.7 x 10.2 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.41 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Théobald Chartran, Emma Calvé as Carmen, 1894, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.41
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four: First Two Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.. Portraits of the American Stage: 1771-1971. Sept. 1-Nov. 21, 1971.
Frankfurter, Alfred. "Dark Horse in Williamstown." Art News 54, no. 4 (Summer 1955): 28–31.
Roth, Ilene. "Emma Calvé." Opera News 35, no. 15 (February 6, 1971).
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984.
Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992.
Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.
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Provenance
Possibly Louise Théo (Mrs. Roland Knoedler), Paris (d. 1922);¹ possibly Emma Calvé, Paris, possibly sold to Clark, 27 Nov. 1929; Robert Sterling Clark (possibly 1929–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955. 1. A note in the Clark’s curatorial file indicates it was in her estate.
