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Study of a Tree Trunk

c. 1775–1843

Georges Michel

(French, 1763–1843)
France, 18th-19th century
Graphite and watercolor
Sheet: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2009.119
Location: Not on view
  • Part of a large French private collection recently sold at auction in Paris
    Fischer-Kiener Galerie, Paris, 1980. Estate of Muriel Butkin.
  • "Dessins." In Georges Michel, 1763-1843: Le Paysage Sublime. Magali Briat-Philippe, and Ger Luijten, eds., 50-88. Bourg-en-Bresse: Monastère Royal de Brou; Paris: Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, 2017. Reproduced: P. 77, fig. 72
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