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Artist/Maker (American, 1796 – 1886)

Frontispiece with Trompe l'Oeil Stack of Three Drawings of Trees; from the disassembled "Schroon Lake Sketchbook"

1837
Graphite on ivory paper
Sheet (paper): 9 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (23.5 × 34 cm)
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
1918.86
DescriptionLandscape
InscribedInscribed at upper center in graphite in block letters disappearing behind sheets: "SKETCH"; below stack drawings: "AND / NEW YORK / 1837"; at upper left in graphite: "June 19th, 1837 Procured this book"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
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  • Asher B. Durand Sketchbooks