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Study of Rocks, Shrubs, and Tree Trunks at Monte Casale near Sansepolcro, Tuscany

Edward Lear
1812-1888.
Study of Rocks, Shrubs, and Tree Trunks at Monte Casale near Sansepolcro, Tuscany
1842
Oil over graphite on two joined pieces of light blue paper, mounted to canvas.
9 x 12 7/8 inches (229 x 327 mm)
2009.400:81
Provenance
Sale, London, Phillips, 30 September 1997, lot 102 repr.; Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
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Inscribed and dated at lower right in brown ink: Mte. Casale. / 18. October. 1842; inscribed at upper right in graphite: the... large & small / & very blue green. / there should be more black and / greys... & darker Bitumen / yellow (?) moss, B. Sienna pale / ferns...
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