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Study of two tree trunks

Maker

(artist)
1802-1873

Title

Study of two tree trunks

Date of Production

(28 September) 1870

Medium

oil paint and scratching out on card prepared with a brown wash

Dimensions

Height: 25 cm
Width: 31.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3875

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

anonymous sale of a gentleman, Sotheby's (London), 11 December 1946, lot 62; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 3 February 1947, for £9; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999

The Life and Work of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., Sheffield, 06/02/1972-12/03/1972

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, scratched into the paint, dated: "28 Sepr 70". Verso: upper left, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "A14064 / TA/-/-"; upper centre, graphite: "Sepr 28th 1870"; upper centre, graphite: "DATE IS LOWER LEFT / PARTIALLY UNDER MOUNT".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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