About the Artwork
Fort Clark
ca. 1841
Karl Bodmer (Artist) Swiss, 1809-1893 Lucas Weber (Artist) Swiss, 1811-1860 Bougeard (Printer) French Arthus Bertrand (Publisher) French J. Holscher (Publisher) French Rudolph Ackermann (Publisher) English, 1764-1834
Etching and aquatint printed in color on wove paper
Plate: 16 × 21 1/4 inches (40.6 × 54 cm) Sheet: 17 3/8 × 23 3/8 inches (44.1 × 59.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball
49.461
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower left: Carl Bodmer pinx, ad nat. Signed, lower right: Lucas Weber sculp.
Inscribed, lower center: Imp. de Bougeard Inscribed, center lower margin: FORT CLARK. | am Missouri (Februar 1834) sur le Missouri (Fevrier 1834). | ON THE MISSOURI (FEBRUARY 1834) Inscribed, lower left edge: Coblenz, bei J. Holscher. Inscribed, lower center: London, published by Ackermann & Co. 96, Strand. February 1st, 1841 Inscribed, bottom right: Paris, Arthus Bertrand, editeur. Inscribed, upper right: Tab. 15.
Drystamp, center lower edge: C. BODMER | D( )
Provenance
Mrs. Thomas M. Ball
1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Karl Bodmer's America. Lincoln and Omaha, 1984, p. 284.
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Lucas Weber; after Karl Bodmer, Fort Clark, ca. 1841, etching and aquatint printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball, 49.461.
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