Man in Woods
Man in Woods

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Man in Woods,

ca. 1849

Karl Bodmer, Swiss, 1809–1893
Jean-François Millet, 1814–1875; born Gruchy, France; died Barbizon, France
x1959-82
The painter and illustrator Karl Bodmer is best known for his lithographs of the North American wilderness based on an 1832–34 ethnographic expedition he made along the Missouri River basin. Published as Travels in the Interior of North America, Bodmer's illustrations were seen as a definitive source of information on the tribal customs of native North Americans. Bodmer returned to France to continue his artistic career and moved to the village of Barbizon near the Fontainebleau Forest in 1849. There, he befriended Jean-François Millet. Working in collaboration, the two artists produced this powerful litho-graph, with Millet providing the figure of a solitary woodsman engulfed within Bodmer's towering forest.

Information

Title
Man in Woods
Dates

ca. 1849

Maker
Karl Bodmer
Jean-François Millet
Medium

Lithograph on light gray chine collé

Dimensions

image: 63.2 x 50.3 cm. (24 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
sheet: 69 x 55.5 cm. (27 3/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
frame: 89.8 × 74.5 × 3 cm (35 3/8 × 29 5/16 × 1 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Gilbert S. McClintock, Class of 1908

Object Number
x1959-82
Place Made

Europe, France

Place Depicted

Europe, France, Forest of Fontainebleau

Inscription

Inscribed, lower left: Karl Bodmer pinx. et lith

Inscribed, lower right: Berlaues Cadet

Reference Numbers
Beraldi 50; Delteil 24
Culture
European, Swiss
Type
prints, lithographs
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
woods, trees, figures (representations), walking, Nature, men

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