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Study of Sycamore Trees, Korosko

Original Language TitleEtude de Sycamores, Korosko
Artist John Beasley Greene (American, born France, 1832 - 1856)
Date1854-1855
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 15/16 inches (23.34 × 30.3 cm)
Mount: 15 11/16 × 22 3/8 inches (39.85 × 56.85 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.53
SignedSigned on image recto, lower right, in negative: "J.B. Greene"
InscribedNumbered on image recto, lower left, in negative: "P.9"; On mount recto, bottom, in pencil: "9"; On mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "étude de Sycamores - Korosko / of 61 -"
MarkingsOn mount recto, upper left, in pencil: "C31"; On mount recto, upper right, in pencil: "GT8"; On mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "GL" / "59" / "Musi 96 / SouK98" / "OY"; On mount verso, top, in pencil: "p9 pl 51 / Korosko étude de / Sycamore" / "6.62"; On mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "E1102 / 979 x4 / Lot120"; On mount verso, center, in pencil: "Lot [?] 1".
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DescriptionImage of leafy trees along a rocky shoreline. The trees all emerge from small mounds in the dirt. The foreground is flat with tiny stones scattered and small mountains/hills appear in the background across the water.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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