Detail View: The AMICA Library: Landscape with a Great Tree
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1969.20
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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French; 1796-1875
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
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Title:
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Bent Tree by the Water
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Landscape with a Great Tree
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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1860/70
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Creation Start Date:
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1860
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Creation End Date:
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1870
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Materials and Techniques:
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Charcoal, with stumping and erasing, on cream wove paper laid down on cream board.
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Classification Term:
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chalk
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Classification Term:
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Drawing
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Classification Term:
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Prints and Drawings
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Creation Place:
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Europe,France
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Dimensions:
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454 x 552 mm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1969.20
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Harold Joachim Birthday Fund, restricted gifts of the Alsdorf Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt and Frank B. Hubachek
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Rights:
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Context:
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In 1850, Corot began to work in his "second style," with an emphasis on a softer, less literal treatment of repeated landscape motifs. He frequently employed the image of a solitary bent or gnarled tree to evoke a mood of tranquil melancholy.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.D14258.tif
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