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Landscape with Foreground Trees (from Sketchbook)

The execution of sketches and studies was a crucial part of Edmonds’s creative process. Many of his drawings exist as independent works--apparently never taken further--but many others represent an initial step in his conception for paintings. This sketchbook, which he began about 1838, includes both types of drawings of a variety of subjects.

Credit: Sheila and Richard J. Schwartz Fund, 1987

c. 1838 and after

Graphite on off-white wove paper

16.8 x 20.3 cm

1987.196.3ee

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