Inscribed, right: [numerical notations]
Two Chiaroscuro Studies for the Savage State, the Course of Empire, ca. 1833
- Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848
Graphite pencil on off-white wove paper
- Sheet (irregular): 4 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (12.4 × 34.3 cm)
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
39.155.A
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Details
1939-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Thomas Cole, Two Chiaroscuro Studies for the Savage State, the Course of Empire, ca. 1833, graphite pencil on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 39.155.A.