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Attributed to Caspar David Friedrich

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Attributed to Caspar David Friedrich
1774-1840
Tree
1803
Graphite.
18 9/16 x 11 1/4 inches (472 x 286 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.85
Inscription: 

Dated by the artist: "Den 26 July 1803."

Provenance: 
Rowland Burdon Muller; sale, London, Sotheby's, 1 March 1973, no. 77, repr.; Christopher Gibbs, London; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Gibbs, Christopher, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 137, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 106.

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Artist page: 
Friedrich, Caspar David
School: 
German
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints