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Weathered Boulders

c. 1769

Franz Edmund Weirotter

Artist, Austrian, 1730 - 1771

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Artwork overview

Medium

red chalk on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of Andrew Robison, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

overall: 31.5 x 29.5 cm (12 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Accession

1991.65.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kurt Meissner, Zurich. Dr. Andrew Robison; gift 1991 to NGA.

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Exhibition History

1989

Central European Drawings 1680-1800: A Selection from American Collections, The Art Museum, Princeton, 1989, no. 92.

Bibliography

1991

Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.108.

Inscriptions

by later hand on attached slip of paper, lower right verso in graphite: ZusX / 77 / 3632

Wikidata ID

Q64570491

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