Artist/Maker Asher B. Durand (American, 1796 – 1886)

Sketchbook with 59 Folios, 10 blank

1864-1866

Graphite and white chalk on ivory, buff, and green paper bound into a sketchbook

Overall: 5 x 8 in. ( 12.7 x 20.3 cm )

Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman

1935.173

Durand filled this pocket sketchbook with careful studies of tree trunks, branches and boulders. He usually worked in an upright format, echoing the vertical thrust of his subjects and sometimes extending his drawing over both pages in order to capture all of the motifs that interested him.

MarkingsInscribed: inside of front cover at upper right:"A. B. Durand / 91 Amity St./ New York", and the later address "South Orange, N.J." Inscribed: inside front cover at center: "The work of / my Father. / Property of Lucy M. Durand Woodman" Inscribed: inside front cover at upper left:"Carre 8 0 /chs"

InscribedInscribed on inner front cover at upper right in graphite: "A.B. Durand / 91 Amity… / New York"; at left: "South Orange / N.J."; at center: "The work of / my Father / ['Property of' by a later hand] Lucy M. Durand Woodman"

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