Tiger in the Jungle (1893): Art, History and Details

Tiger in the Jungle (1893) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Paul Elie Ranson (French, 1862–1909).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Paul Ranson used curving, wavelike forms to depict a stylized tiger in this lithograph. The artist was influenced by the calligraphic forms and heavy outlines that characterized Japanese prints, adopting these qualities in his own work. The print was created for L'Estampe Originale, a publication issued during the 1890s that presented a curated selection of original prints by contemporary artists to collectors.

Object facts

• Title: Tiger in the Jungle
• Date: 1893
• Creator attribution: Paul Elie Ranson (French, 1862–1909)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: color lithograph
• Dimensions: Sheet: 58.6 x 41.4 cm (23 1/16 x 16 5/16 in.); Image: 36.5 x 28.2 cm (14 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1956.280

A detail from the museum

Although it may look like the artist used colored paper, the bold yellow in this work is actually printed.

Collection credit

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

View the collection record

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