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Charles François Daubigny
1817-1878
Cattle and Figures in the Moonlight
ca. 1875
Black chalk with smudging and erasures on laid paper
9 15/16 x 15 3/16 inches (252 x 386 mm)
Gift of Karen B. Cohen in Honor of William M. Griswold.
2022.329
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Watermark: Bunch of grapes an thick stem. Watermark (Beta radiograph): grapes, stem. 439935wm_2022_329_Daubigny_WM_beta.tiff
Daubigny was lauded for his sincerity, achieved by copying nature not through the eye and hand but "with his soul," as his disciples said. This drawing of cows grazing and figures shearing sheep at night was created in preparation for a painting. Nocturnes became a theme for Daubigny, whose moonlit scenes grew increasingly moody in his later years.
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Watermark: Bunch of grapes with thick curved stem.
Watermark, beta radiograph. grapes, stem.
Provenance:
Daubigny estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 6-11 May 1878; Boston area art market, until 1968; Joseph Goldyne (b. 1942), San Francisco; Shepherd Gallery, New York; from whom purchased by Karen B. Cohen, 1995.
Associated names:
Cohen, Karen B., former owner.
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