A Study of Leaves

1864

Charles Aubry

Associated Names
Charles Aubry

Artist, French, 1811 - 1877

The image shows an arrangement of various leaves. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of sepia tones that range from light beige to dark brown. The leaves are laid out concentrically, with some pointing upwards and outwards near the top and others more spread out horizontally across the middle and lower sections. A few smaller leaves fill in gaps between the larger ones.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Graphics International Ltd., Washington, DC); (Tartt Gallery, Washington, DC); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 1993; Howard Stein, New York; Joy of Giving Something Foundation, New York; (sale, Phillips, New York, 3 April 2017, lot 23); (Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2020.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1989

  • The Art of Photography, 1893–1989: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 11–April 30, 1989; Australian National Gallery, Canberra, June 17–August 27, 1989; Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 23–December 23, 1989; Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, March 3–April 1, 1990

1993

  • Off the Mall: Inside Washington's Foremost Art Galleries: Organization of American States/The Art Museum of the Americas, September 15-October 16, 1993

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower center in blue ink: Ch. Aubry; lower center stamped in blue ink: PHOTOGRAPHIE / 8. RUE DE LA REINE BLANCHE.; lower center embossed: MEDAILLE D'OR / CH. AUBRY / 1864; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite perpendicular: 13th; bottom right in graphite: MCA.0107.2

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