Charles Meryon
French, 1821–1868
Anthropomorphic Cloud Studies (First Version)
1831–1868
| Medium | pencil on tracing paper |
| Dimensions | Overall: 3 1/8 x 7 15/16 in. (8 x 20.1 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.1701 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Charles Meryon, Anthropomorphic Cloud Studies (First Version), 1831–1868, pencil on tracing paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1701
Select Bibliography
New York: Knoedler and Co.. Etchings and Drawings by Charles Meryon from the B. B. MacGeorge Collection.. 1917..
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Thirty-four: French Drawings of the 19th Century. August 28, 1966.
Williamstown: Williams College Museum of Art.. View of Paris and Other Scenes, Prints by Charles Meryon (1821-1866). Jan. 22-April 17, 1994.
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964.
Provenance
Philippe Burty (L. 2071);* J. J. Heywood (according to Knoedler invoice); B. B. MacGeorge (L. 394 on reverse); Knoedler, New York (bought by Robert Sterling Clark, 1917). *"L." refers to F. Lugt, Les Marques de collections de dessins et d'estampes, Amsterdam, 1921 and Supplément, The Hague, 1956.
