Birch Boughs, Catskill Mountains
1856
Artist, American, 1811 - 1893

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)
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Dimensions
sheet: 36.35 × 27.31 cm (14 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.586
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1979
Sketches by Contemporaries of Frederic E. Church, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 11, no. 77.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Birch boughs; lower right in graphite: Catskill Mountains, July 29th 1856; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: A; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: TL. 6558.A-94; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 18x22
Wikidata ID
Q64584497