Woodworkers, Forest of Montlignon, 1908
Auguste Louis Lepèreexpand_more
Black and colored chalkexpand_more
Bequest of Harry Drakeexpand_more 2013.35.658
Not on Viewexpand_more
One lumberjack tries to split a log, while another—bundled up and sitting by a fire—fends off the cold. Even into the 1900s, lumberjacks in the forests of Montlignon, just 10 miles north of Paris, lived and worked in simple huts.
Details
- Title
- Woodworkers, Forest of Montlignon
- Artist Life
- Paris 1849–Domme, Dordogne 1918
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.35.658
- Provenance
- [Eric G. Carlson, New York, until 1998; sold in August for TRKL.TO to Harry Drake]; Harry Drake, St. Paul (1998-d. 2012; bequeathed to MIA)
- Curator Approved
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