Adolphe Appian
Pêcheur au bord de l’eau dans un sous-bois (Fisherman by the waterside in the undergrowth)

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Pêcheur au bord de l’eau dans un sous-bois (Fisherman by the waterside in the undergrowth)
ArtistFrench, 1818–1898
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Pêcheur au bord de l’eau dans un sous-bois (Fisherman by the waterside in the undergrowth)
Date1867 (possibly)
MediumBlack chalk with white chalk and stumping on [once] blue wove paper
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 15 × 20 13/16 in. (38.1 × 52.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mark Kelly, Cornelius Dupre, Craig Johnson, Jim Thompson, Charlie Thompson, Rell Tipton, David Baggett, Oscar Brown, Ben Guill, and Russ Porter at "One Great Night in November, 2017"
Object number2017.279
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate Collection, France; [Paul Proute, France], as of 2017; purchased by MFAH, 2017
Exhibition Historynone known for this drawing.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in black chalk, bottom right corner: Appian
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper left: A. Rosillon 252 // Ain
Recto: Signed in black chalk, bottom right corner: Appian
Verso: [none]
Recto: [none]
Verso: [none]
Catalogue raisonnénone for the drawings

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