Marsh and Screen of Trees
Medium
Black chalk on tan laid paper discolored to dark tan
Dimensions
31.3 × 47.8 cm (12 3/8 × 18 7/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81470
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This drawing probably depicts a landscape in Longpré-les-Corps-Saints, in the Somme region in the north of France. In a letter of 1871, Daubigny wrote that his visit to Longpré had produced a "treasure chest of paintings with ponds." One of these paintings, The Marsh (1871), is in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago (1894.1044).
About the Artist
Charles François Daubigny (French) · 1817 –1878
French, Paris 1817–1878 Paris