Karl Bodmer
Canards sauvages
1828-1892
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Karl Bodmer
Canards sauvages
1828-1892
Physical Qualities
Etching, with additions in graphite and ink, Sheet: 214 × 309 mm. (8 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Plate: 139 × 218 mm. (5 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
Mount: 130 × 200 mm. (5 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.7124
Touched proof with annotations and sketches in pencil and ink in lower margin of birds and plants.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Inscribed in pencil: lower left "netoyer le ciel"; lower right "teinter le terrain ici", "a faire" Signed in plate: upper left "K. Bodmer"
Markings: None
