Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, Group of Trees
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the Broh-Kahns, 1991.85 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Group of Trees

1858

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
cliché-verre
Dimensions
15.5 × 22.9 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-199722

The purest expression of the pastoral in French landscape in the mid-19th century may be found in the work of Corot. In the cliché-verre prints that he created between 1854 and 1874, Corot took advantage of the spontaneity of this simple process. Drawing directly on a glass plate coated with collodion, and then printing it like a photographic negative, Corot developed a loose, free style of draftsmanship that was unparalleled in his painting. Prints such as these were made purely for his own pleasure and were not intended for sale. Graceful, fluid lines flow from tree to tree and from tree to…

Provenance

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the Broh-Kahns, 1991.85

Registry history

  • 1858 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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